Kristen E. Gray
ORCID: 0000-0001-7772-6318
· 4 papers in corpus
qualitative
2025
A Qualitative Assessment of Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Experiences for Women Veterans in VHA Care
BACKGROUND: Nearly 25% of women experience pelvic floor disorders, for which pelvic floor physical therapy (PFPT) is a first-line treatment. Within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), only one-third of health care systems offer PFPT o…
observational
2022
INTRODUCTION: Uterine fibroids are the most common indication for hysterectomy. Minimally invasive hysterectomy (MIH) confers lower risk of complications and shorter recovery than open surgical procedures; however, it is more challenging to…
observational
2020
Background: Hysterectomy can be performed with concomitant bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) to treat symptomatic pathology of the ovary (e.g., endometriosis) or to prevent ovarian cancer. Our objective was to examine the relationship b…
observational
2017
INTRODUCTION: Evidence from the general population suggests that factors such as race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status, in addition to clinical factors, may influence hysterectomy route. We investigated factors associated with mode of hys…