Issue 1/2011
Content (56 Articles)
Treatment of uterine prolapse stage 2 or higher: a randomized multicenter trial comparing sacrospinous fixation with vaginal hysterectomy (SAVE U trial)
Renée J Detollenaere, Jan den Boon, Jelle Stekelenburg, Akeel HH Alhafidh, Robert A Hakvoort, Mark E Vierhout, Hugo WF van Eijndhoven
Methodological quality of test accuracy studies included in systematic reviews in obstetrics and gynaecology: sources of bias
Rachel K Morris, Tara J Selman, Javier Zamora, Khalid S Khan
The quality of reporting of primary test accuracy studies in obstetrics and gynaecology: application of the STARD criteria
Tara J Selman, R Katie Morris, Javier Zamora, Khalid S Khan
Breast cancer screening practices of safety net clinics: Results of a needs assessment study
Richard C Palmer, Raquel Samson, Anamica Batra, Maria Triantis, Irene D Mullan
Extraordinary exposed in early motherhood - a qualitative study exploring experiences of mothers with type 1 diabetes
Carina Sparud-Lundin, Marie Berg
Women's experience of colposcopy: a qualitative investigation
Dawn R Swancutt, Sheila M Greenfield, David M Luesley, Sue Wilson
Community perceptions of intimate partner violence - a qualitative study from urban Tanzania
Rose M Laisser, Lennarth Nyström, Helen I Lugina, Maria Emmelin
Impact of episiotomy on pelvic floor disorders and their influence on women's wellness after the sixth month postpartum: a retrospective study
Serena Bertozzi, Ambrogio P Londero, Arrigo Fruscalzo, Lorenza Driul, Cristina Delneri, Angelo Calcagno, Paolo Di Benedetto, Diego Marchesoni
Prevalence and associated factors of depressive and anxiety symptoms during pregnancy: A population based study in rural Bangladesh
Hashima E Nasreen, Zarina N Kabir, Yvonne Forsell, Maigun Edhborg
The Lactobacillus flora in vagina and rectum of fertile and postmenopausal healthy Swedish women
Rita J Gustafsson, Siv Ahrné, Bengt Jeppsson, Cecilia Benoni, Crister Olsson, Martin Stjernquist, Bodil Ohlsson
Menstrual bleeding patterns: A community-based cross-sectional study among women aged 18-45 years in Southern Brazil
Iná S Santos, Gicele C Minten, Neiva CJ Valle, Giovana C Tuerlinckx, Alessandra B Silva, Guilherme AR Pereira, Joaquim F Carriconde
Effectiveness of ovarian suspension in preventing post-operative ovarian adhesions in women with pelvic endometriosis: A randomised controlled trial
Wee-Liak Hoo, Ertan Saridogan, Alfred Cutner, George Pandis, Davor Jurkovic
Women's Status and Violence against Young Married Women in Rural Nepal
Prabhat Lamichhane, Mahesh Puri, Jyotsna Tamang, Bishnu Dulal
Predictors of low cervical cancer screening among immigrant women in Ontario, Canada
Aisha K Lofters, Rahim Moineddin, Stephen W Hwang, Richard H Glazier
Protocol for Translabial 3D-Ultrasonography for diagnosing levator defects (TRUDIL): a multicentre cohort study for estimating the diagnostic accuracy of translabial 3D-ultrasonography of the pelvic floor as compared to MR imaging
Kim JB Notten, Mirjam Weemhoff, Kirsten B Kluivers, Karlijn J Schweitzer, Femke Mulder, Jaap Stoker, Regina GH Beets-Tan, Jurgen J Futterer, Roy FA Vliegen, Johannes LH Evers, Gerold Link, Martin GM Bergmans, Paul HNM Kampschöer, Ed TCM Gondrie, Iris van Gestel, Ivo van Dooren, Carmen Dirksen, Luc JM Smits, Patrick M Bossuyt, Jan Paul WR Roovers
A cross-sectional study of different patterns of oral contraceptive use among premenopausal women and circulating IGF-1: implications for disease risk
Kristina M Blackmore, Jody Wong, Julia A Knight
Factors related to knowledge and perception of women about smoking: a cross sectional study from a developing country
Seema Bhanji, Marie Andrades, Fawad Taj, Ali K Khuwaja
Psychological impact, support and information needs for women with an abnormal Pap smear: comparative results of a questionnaire in three European countries
Joseph Monsonego, Javier Cortes, Daniel Pereira da Silva, Anna Francisca Jorge, Patrick Klein
Assisted Reproduction: What factors interfere in the professional's decisions? Are single women an issue?
Suzana Záchia, Daniela Knauth, José R Goldim, Juliana R Chachamovich, Eduardo Chachamovich, Ana H Paz, Ricardo Felberbaum, PierGiorgio Crosignani, Basil C Tarlatzis, Eduardo P Passos
Frequency of symptoms, determinants of severe symptoms, validity of and cut-off score for Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) as a screening tool: A cross-sectional survey among midlife Nepalese women
Neena Chuni, Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy
Premenstrual symptoms in young adults born preterm at very low birth weight - from the Helsinki Study of Very Low Birth Weight Adults
Sanna Mustaniemi, Marika Sipola-Leppänen, Petteri Hovi, Uriel Halbreich, Marja Vääräsmäki, Katri Räikkönen, Anu-Katriina Pesonen, Kati Heinonen, Anna-Liisa Järvenpää, Johan G Eriksson, Sture Andersson, Eero Kajantie
The role of female hormones on lung function in chronic lung diseases
Anthony Tam, Don Morrish, Samuel Wadsworth, Delbert Dorscheid, SF Paul Man, Don D Sin
Effectiveness of Compounded Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy: An Observational Cohort Study
Andres D Ruiz, Kelly R Daniels, Jamie C Barner, John J Carson, Christopher R Frei
Symptom interpretation and health care seeking in ovarian cancer
Lene Seibaek, Lone K Petersen, Jan Blaakaer, Lise Hounsgaard
The risk factor profile of women with secondary infertility: an unmatched case-control study in Kigali, Rwanda
Nathalie Dhont, Stanley Luchters, Claude Muvunyi, Joseph Vyankandondera, Ludwig De Naeyer, Marleen Temmerman, Janneke van de Wijgert
Association between low-dose pulsed intravenous cyclophosphamide therapy and amenorrhea in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A case-control study
Sayumi Baba, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Takahisa Gono, Tomoko Sugiura, Tokiko Kanno, Masako Hara, Hisashi Yamanaka
Breast cancer treatment and sexual dysfunction: Moroccan women's perception
Yassir Sbitti, Habiba Kadiri, Ismail Essaidi, Zouhour Fadoukhair, Soussane Kharmoun, Khaoula Slimani, Nabil Ismaili, Mohammed Ichou, Hassan Errihani
The effect of stress and anxiety associated with maternal prenatal diagnosis on feto-maternal attachment
Sara J Allison, Julie Stafford, Dilly OC Anumba
"I do what I have to do to survive": An investigation into the perceptions, experiences and economic considerations of women engaged in sex work in Northern Namibia
Alanna Fitzgerald-Husek, Alexandra LC Martiniuk, Reece Hinchcliff, Christine E Aochamus, Richard B Lee
Surgical management of stress urinary incontinence in women: safety, effectiveness and cost-utility of trans-obturator tape (TOT) versus tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) five years after a randomized surgical trial
Sue Ross, Magali Robert, Doug Lier, Misha Eliasziw, Philip Jacobs
Dyslipidaemia in HIV-infected women on antiretroviral therapy. Analysis of 922 patients from the Spanish VACH cohort
Vicente Estrada, Paloma Geijo, Manuel Fuentes-Ferrer, María Luisa García Alcalde, María Rodrigo, María José Galindo, Agustín Muñoz, Pere Domingo, Esteve Ribera, Jaime Cosín, Pompeyo Viciana, Fernando Lozano, Alberto Terrón, Antonio Vergara, Ramón Teira, Josefa Muñoz-Sánchez, Bernardino Roca, Trinitario Sánchez, José López-Aldeguer, Elisabeth Deig, Francisco Vidal, Enric Pedrol, Manuel Castaño-Carracedo, Teresa Puig, Myriam Garrido, Ignacio Suárez-Lozano
Disparities exist between National food group recommendations and the dietary intakes of women
Michelle L Blumfield, Alexis J Hure, Lesley K MacDonald-Wicks, Amanda J Patterson, Roger Smith, Clare E Collins
Group medical visits in the follow-up of women with a BRCA mutation: design of a randomized controlled trial
Annemiek Visser, Judith B Prins, Nicoline Hoogerbrugge, Hanneke WM van Laarhoven
Providing web-based mental health services to at-risk women
Ellen L Lipman, Meghan Kenny, Elsa Marziali
Women's knowledge about cervical cancer risk factors, screening, and reasons for non-participation in cervical cancer screening programme in Estonia
Alice Kivistik, Katrin Lang, Paolo Baili, Ahti Anttila, Piret Veerus
Phytoestrogen consumption from foods and supplements and epithelial ovarian cancer risk: a population-based case control study
Elisa V Bandera, Melony King, Urmila Chandran, Lisa E Paddock, Lorna Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Sara H Olson
It's all about the children: a participant-driven photo-elicitation study of Mexican-origin mothers' food choices
Cassandra M Johnson, Joseph R Sharkey, Wesley R Dean
Molecular subtype analysis determines the association of advanced breast cancer in Egypt with favorable biology
Bodour Salhia, Coya Tapia, Elia A Ishak, Salwa Gaber, Bree Berghuis, Khateeb H Hussain, Rachelle A DuQuette, James Resau, John Carpten
Reasons for non- use of condoms and self- efficacy among female sex workers: a qualitative study in Nepal
Laxmi Ghimire, W Cairns S Smith, Edwin R van Teijlingen, Rashmi Dahal, Nagendra P Luitel
From papers to practices: district level priority setting processes and criteria for family planning, maternal, newborn and child health interventions in Tanzania
Dereck Chitama, Rob Baltussen, Evert Ketting, Switbert Kamazima, Anna Nswilla, Phares GM Mujinja
Awareness of HPV and cervical cancer prevention among Cameroonian healthcare workers
Catherine McCarey, David Pirek, Pierre Marie Tebeu, Michel Boulvain, Anderson Sama Doh, Patrick Petignat
Screening of the pelvic organ prolapse without a physical examination; (a community based study)
Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani, Somayeh Hashemi, Masoumeh Simbar, Niloofar Shiva
"I am nothing": experiences of loss among women suffering from severe birth injuries in Tanzania
Lilian T Mselle, Karen Marie Moland, Bjørg Evjen-Olsen, Abu Mvungi, Thecla W Kohi
Baropodometry on women suffering from chronic pelvic pain - a cross-sectional study
Carolina W Kaercher, Vanessa K Genro, Carlos A Souza, Mariane Alfonsin, Greice Berton, João S Cunha Filho
Intimate partner violence among women with HIV infection in rural Uganda: critical implications for policy and practice
Michael O Osinde, Dan K Kaye, Othman Kakaire
An examination of the health and wellbeing of childless women: A cross-sectional exploratory study in Victoria, Australia
Melissa L Graham, Erin Hill, Julia M Shelley, Ann R Taket
Validation of a susceptibility, benefits, and barrier scale for mammography screening among Peruvian women: a cross-sectional study
Moises A Huaman, Kelly I Kamimura-Nishimura, Mariano Kanamori, Alejandro Siu, Andres G Lescano
Behind the silence of harmony: risk factors for physical and sexual violence among women in rural Indonesia
Elli N Hayati, Ulf Högberg, Mohammad Hakimi, Mary C Ellsberg, Maria Emmelin
Traumatic physical health consequences of intimate partner violence against women: what is the role of community-level factors?
Diddy Antai
The facilitating factors and barriers encountered in the adoption of a humanized birth care approach in a highly specialized university affiliated hospital
Roxana Behruzi, Marie Hatem, Lise Goulet, William Fraser
"It's almost expected": rural Australian Aboriginal women's reflections on smoking initiation and maintenance: a qualitative study
Megan E Passey, Jennifer T Gale, Robert W Sanson-Fisher
Elevated serum neutrophil elastase is related to prehypertension and airflow limitation in obese women
Mervat M El-Eshmawy, Eman H El-Adawy, Amany A Mousa, Amany E Zeidan, Azza A El-Baiomy, Elham R Abdel-Samie, Omayma M Saleh
Adverse outcomes after colposcopy
Sarah M Flanagan, Sue Wilson, David Luesley, Sarah L Damery, Sheila M Greenfield
Socio-demographic factors and processes associated with stages of change for smoking cessation in pregnant versus non-pregnant women
Alessandra Buja, Emanuela Guarnieri, Giovanni Forza, Federica Tognazzo, Paolo Sandonà, Alessandra Zampieron
Contraceptive methods and use by women aged 35 and over: A qualitative study of perspectives
Emily M Godfrey, Nancy P Chin, Stephen L Fielding, Kevin Fiscella, Ann Dozier
Integrative health care model for climacteric stage women: design of the intervention
Svetlana V Doubova, Patricia Espinosa-Alarcón, Sergio Flores-Hernández, Claudia Infante, Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas