Depressive feelings as mediator in the relation between adverse childhood events and lower urinary tract symptoms in males and females.

Background: Adverse childhood events (ACEs) are prevalent and lead to well-established adverse health sequelae in adulthood. Recent literature has claimed that exposure to trauma in early life may worsen lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) because emotion can alter the perception of bodily distress in the brain. Specifically, depressive symptoms might influence the association between ACEs and LUTS.

Patient characteristics and factors contributing to recurrence of bacterial vaginosis presented in primary care.

Background: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common problem in primary care. BV symptoms often have a negative impact on patients' quality of life and may predispose to gynaecological problems. Some patients experience recurring episodes of BV.

Help-seeking behaviour in primary care of men and women with a history of abuse: A Dutch cohort study.

Background: Previous studies show an association between a history of abuse and higher care demand. However, studies in general practice regarding help-seeking behaviour by patients (mainly male patients) with a history of abuse are scarce.

Objectives: To analyse help-seeking behaviour in general practice of men and women with a history of abuse.

Views of Dutch general practitioners about premenstrual symptoms: A qualitative interview study.

Background: General practitioners (GPs) encounter women suffering from premenstrual symptoms. Often women with premenstrual problems experience little understanding from GPs. Views of GPs will influence their approach to these women and their care.

Barriers and facilitators to the timely diagnosis of endometriosis in primary care in the Netherlands.

Background: Endometriosis is an invalidating gynaecological condition in women of reproductive age, and a frequent cause of infertility. Unfortunately, the condition is characterized by a long interval between onset of symptoms and diagnosis. GPs in the Netherlands are educated to provide basic gynaecological care and serve as gatekeepers for specialist medical care.

Mixed feelings: general practitioners' attitudes towards eHealth for stress urinary incontinence - a qualitative study.

Background: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is the most prevalent subtype of urinary incontinence and is a bothering condition in women. Only a minority of those with SUI consult a general practitioner (GP). EHealth with pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is effective in reducing incontinence symptoms and might increase access to care.

Chlamydia prevalence in the general population: is there a sex difference? a systematic review.

Background: The focus of Chlamydia trachomatis screening and testing lies more on women than on men. The study aim was to establish by systematic review the prevalence of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in men and women in the general population.

Methods: Electronic databases and reference lists were searched from 2000 to 2013 using the key words "Chlamydia trachomatis", "population-based study" and "disease prevalence".

Women's positions during the second stage of labour: views of primary care midwives.

Aim: This paper is a report of a study to explore the views of midwives on women's positions during the second stage of labour.

Background: Many authors recommend encouraging women to use positions that are most comfortable to them. Others advocate encouragement of non-supine positions, because offering 'choice' is not enough to reverse the strong cultural norm of giving birth in the supine position.