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Nature Clinical Practice Urology (2008) 5, 290
doi:10.1038/ncpuro1115  

Prevalence of pelvic floor disorders in community-dwelling women

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Pelvic floor dysfunction is currently under-reported and undertreated, hence there is a severe lack of data available on the prevalence of such disorders. Lawrence et al. used the Epidemiology of Prolapse and Incontinence Questionnaire to assess the prevalence and co-occurrence of stress urinary incontinence (SUI), overactive bladder (OAB), pelvic organ prolapse, and anal incontinence in a sample of 12,200 community-dwelling women aged 25–84 years.

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