Sökning: "Incontinence quality of life"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 43 avhandlingar innehållade orden Incontinence quality of life.
1. Female urinary incontinence : impact on sexual life and psychosocial wellbeing in patients and partners, and patient-reported outcome after surgery
Sammanfattning : Background: Urinary incontinence (UI) and urgency are common conditions and can have a profound influence on many aspects of life. Approximately one in four women has UI and one in ten has daily symptoms. LÄS MER
2. Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Swedish Male Population : Prevalence, Distress and Quality of Life
Sammanfattning : The aim the thesis was to investigate, the prevalence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS). Moreover, we examine symptom severity and different levels of distress and describe how different symptoms from the lower urinary tract affect the self-assessed health, sadness, happiness and the quality of life in men. LÄS MER
3. Evaluation of surgical methods for treatment of female stress urinary incontinence
Sammanfattning : Aims: Paper I & II: To compare the subjective and objective results of open Burch colposuspension and laparoscopic colposuspension using sutures or mesh and staples in randomised trials. Paper III: To assess the short and long term results of the Tension-free Vaginal Tape (TVT)-procedure in a large observational study and to identify factors predictive of successful outcome. LÄS MER
4. Sleep and quality of life in men with lower urinary tract symptoms : and their partners
Sammanfattning : Aims: The overall aim was to determine how lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) suggestive of benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) affect sleep, health related quality of life and disease specific quality of life, and how the men’s urinary symptoms affect their partners.Subjects and methods: In papers I–II, a descriptive design with a pre-test and post-test was used and in papers III-IV the design was descriptive and comparative. LÄS MER
5. Self-Management of Urinary Incontinence Using eHealth : clinically relevant improvement, treatment effect and factors associated with success
Sammanfattning : Background: Urinary incontinence is common among women, with prevalence most often reported to be between 25% and 45%. The most common type is stress urinary incontinence (SUI), defined as leakage upon exertion. First-line treatment includes pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) and lifestyle advice. LÄS MER