Identifying the Essential Components of Designing a Self-care application for female with Pelvic Floor Disorders

Exploring the experiences of women with pelvic floor disorders with received medical services: a qualitative study

Background & Aim:Despite the high prevalence of the problem in the society, people with pelvic floor disorders are less likely to seek medical services. Various studies stated that one of the important problems in providing medical services to people with pelvic floor disorders is not paying attention to their preferences and expectations. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of exp...

Dynamics of the Female Pelvic Floor

Female urinary incontinence has been recently termed a “silent epidemic”, requiring systematic attention and a multidisciplinary approach towards economically ameliorating its impact. In this paper we examine the role of the pelvic floor (PF) in maintaining urinary continence by evaluating the dynamics produced during its voluntary and reflex activation. Analytical methods for the acquisition a...

Functional anatomy of the female pelvic floor.

The anatomic structures in the female that prevent incontinence and genital organ prolapse on increases in abdominal pressure during daily activities include sphincteric and supportive systems. In the urethra, the action of the vesical neck and urethral sphincteric mechanisms maintains urethral closure pressure above bladder pressure. Decreases in the number of striated muscle fibers of the sph...

Obstetrics and Pelvic Floor Disorders

Conclusion changes in the cardiovascular, hematologic, renal, and immunologic systems, and anatomic changes in the uterus and the growing fetus and placenta. There are also anatomic and physiologic changes in the lower genitourinary tract and pelvic floor support. The subsequent process of both labor and delivery also impart significant changes, especially to the pelvic floor support. To whom a...

Pelvic Floor Function in the Female

Designing and Developing a Self-Care Application for Post-Laryngectomy Surgery

Introduction: Laryngectomy is the only known treatment for laryngeal cancer. The objective of this study was to design and develop a self-care application for patients undergoing laryngeal resection surgery. Method: This study was an applied-developmental one conducted in two stages. The first stage included assessing the need for data elements using questionnaire by 14 ear, nose, and throat (...