TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Clinical and Quality of Life Evaluation
A1  - Mamik, Mamta M.
A1  - Rogers, Rebecca G.
A2  - Rogers, Rebecca G.
A2  - Sung, Vivian W.
A2  - Iglesia, Cheryl B.
A2  - Thakar, Ranee
PY  - 2014
T2  - Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery: Clinical Practice and Surgical Atlas
AB  - Pelvic  floor  disorders,  including  urinary  and  anal  incontinence,  pelvic  organ  prolapse  (POP),  sexual  dysfunction,  and  pelvic  pain  consist  of  an  array  of  functional  and  anatomical  diseases  that  significantly  impact  the  quality  of  life  (QOL)  of  women.  Central  to  the  diagnosis  and  treatment  of  these  disorders  is  the  amount  of  bother  and  impact  on  QOL  women  experience  from  their  pelvic  floor  problems.  For  the  majority  of  pelvic  floor  disorders,  no  universally  accepted  definition  of  the  disease  state  on  physical  examination  or  on  ancillary  testing  exists.  For  this  reason,  diagnosis  of  disorders  must  not  only  take  into  account  anatomic  and  functional  measures,  but  also  must  include  evaluation  of  symptom  severity  and  impact  on  QOL.  This  is  not  meant  to  trivialize  the  importance  of  the  diagnosis  and  treatment  of  these  problems,  but  rather  to  emphasize  the  need  for  pelvic  floor  disorders  to  be  evaluated  within  the  context  of  the  patients’  personal  experience.  In  this  chapter,  we  review  the  clinical  and  QOL  evaluation  of  the  women  with  pelvic  floor  dysfunction;  detailed  descriptions  of  specific  tests  will  not  be  presented  here,  but  will  be  covered  in  more  detail  in  chapters  addressing  specific  pelvic  floor  dysfunctions.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105829338
ER  -