Background/Objectives: Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common condition that significantly impacts quality of life. Research has focused largely on older women, while experiences of younger women remain relatively underexplored despite cha…
OBJECTIVES: Follow-up appointments in the UK National Health Service account for up to two thirds of outpatient activity, but there is a significant resource impact in providing time fixed follow-up appointments. Increasingly patient initia…
Objective: To evaluate patient and clinician views regarding Patient-Initiated Follow-Up (PIFU) in gynaecology and identify subgroups suited to this pathway of care. Design: Cross-sectional survey Setting: Gynaecology Outpatients Departmen…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate patient perspective of telephone consultations (TCs) in gynaecology and identify which patients benefit most from a telemedicine system. DESIGN: Service evaluation. SETTING: Gynaecology outpatient services at a t…
BACKGROUND AND AIM: On the basis of retrospective studies, hysterectomy has been considered a risk factor for functional bowel disorders. The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the patients' bowel function and general health-re…