Delaying voiding, limiting fluids, urinary symptoms, and work productivity: A survey of female nurses and midwives.

Aim: To examine the relationships between workplace bladder practices, urinary symptoms, and work productivity.

Design: Cross-sectional observational survey.

Methods: Surveys were distributed June-November 2016 to at least 600 female nurses and midwives at three urban hospitals in New South Wales, Australia.

Culture, teams, and organizations: A qualitative exploration of female nurses' and midwives' experiences of urinary symptoms at work.

Aim: To explore nurses' and midwives' experiences of urinary symptoms at work.

Background: Lower urinary tract symptoms are common in female nurses and midwives. There is limited understanding of the relationship between urinary symptoms, bladder health practices, and work.

Prevalence and associated factors of urinary leakage among women participating in the 45 and Up Study.

Aims: The study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of urinary leakage and its associated factors among a sample of females aged 45 years and over in New South Wales.

Methods: Data were obtained from the 45 and Up Study wherein urinary leakage is identified as women who reported being troubled by leaking urine. At baseline, 143 096 females (2006-2009) and 59 060 females in the follow-up survey (2012-2015) were included in the analysis.

Australian football players experiencing groin pain exhibit reduced subscale scores of Activities of Daily Living and Sport and Recreation on the HAGOS questionnaire: A case-control study.

Objectives: To report normative responses to the HAGOS questionnaire for Australian football players and to determine whether any of the HAGOS questionnaire sub scales can differentiate players with and without groin pain.

Design: Case-control.

Setting: Clinical setting.

Urinary incontinence, work, and intention to leave current job: A cross sectional survey of the Australian nursing and midwifery workforce.

Aims: To determine the prevalence and severity of urinary incontinence (UI) in a group of female nurses and midwives, and to examine the relationship between UI, work and intention to leave current job.

Methods: An electronic survey "Fit for the future" was distributed to nurses and midwives in NSW, Australia between May 2014 and February 2015. UI was investigated using the International Consultation on Incontinence UI-Short Form.

A systematic review of prevalence and impact of symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction in identified workforce groups.

Aim: To investigate the prevalence and impact of symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction in identified workforce groups.

Background: Productivity of workforce groups is a concern for ageing societies. Symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction are associated with ageing and negatively influence psychosocial health.

Do Australian Football players have sensitive groins? Players with current groin pain exhibit mechanical hyperalgesia of the adductor tendon.

Objectives: This is the first study to evaluate the mechanical sensitivity, clinical classifications and prevalence of groin pain in Australian football players.

Design: Case-control.

Methods: Professional (n=66) and semi-professional (n=9) Australian football players with and without current or previous groin injuries were recruited.

2014 consensus statement on improving pelvic floor muscle training adherence: International Continence Society 2011 State-of-the-Science Seminar.

Aims: To summarize the findings and "expert-panel" consensus of the State-of-the-Science Seminar on pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) adherence held prior to the 41st International Continence Society scientific meeting, Glasgow, 2011.

Methods: Summaries of research and theory about PFMT adherence (based on a comprehensive literature search) were presented by subject experts at the 2011 Seminar to generate discussion and guidance for clinical practice and future research. Supplemental research, post-seminar, resulted in, three review papers summarizing: (1) relevant behavioral theories, (2) adherence measurement, determinants and effectiveness of PFMT adherence interventions, and (3) patients' PFMT experiences.

Scoping review of adherence promotion theories in pelvic floor muscle training - 2011 ICS state-of-the-science seminar research paper i of iv.

Aims: This paper, the first of four emanating from the International Continence Society's 2011 State-of-the-Science Seminar on pelvic-floor-muscle training (PFMT) adherence, aimed to summarize the literature on theoretical models to promote PFMT adherence, as identified in the research, or suggested by the seminar's expert panel, and recommends future directions for clinical practice and research.

Methods: Existing literature on theories of health behavior were identified through a conventional subject search of electronic databases, reference-list checking, and input from the expert panel. A core eligibility criterion was that the study included a theoretical model to underpin adherence strategies used in an intervention to promote PFM training/exercise.

Assessing the effectiveness of decision aids for decision making in prostate cancer testing: a systematic review.

Background: Prostate cancer is a leading disease affecting men worldwide. Conflicting evidence within the literature provides little guidance to men contemplating whether or not to be screened for prostate cancer. This systematic review aimed to determine whether decision aids about early detection of prostate cancer improve patient knowledge and decision making about whether to undergo prostate-specific antigen testing.

Pelvic floor health: a concept analysis.

Aim: To report an analysis of the concept 'pelvic floor health'.

Background: 'Pelvic floor health' is a term used by multiple healthcare disciplines, yet as a concept is not well defined.

Design: Rodger's evolutionary view was used to guide this analysis.

Maximizing shoulder function after accessory nerve injury and neck dissection surgery: A multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Background: Shoulder pain and dysfunction after neck dissection may result from injury to the accessory nerve. The effect of early physical therapy in the form of intensive scapular strengthening exercises is unknown.

Methods: A total of 59 neck dissection participants were prospectively recruited for this study.

Normative scores on the Berg Balance Scale decline after age 70 years in healthy community-dwelling people: a systematic review.

Questions: What is the mean Berg Balance Scale score of healthy elderly people living in the community and how does it vary with age? How much variability in Berg Balance Scale scores is present in groups of healthy elderly people and how does this vary with age?

Design: Systematic review with meta-analysis.

Participants: Any group of healthy community-dwelling people with a mean age of 70 years or greater that has undergone assessment using the Berg Balance Scale.

Outcome Measurement: Mean and standard deviations of Berg Balance Scale scores within cohorts of elderly people of known mean age.

Biofeedback for treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation in adults.

Background: Biofeedback therapy has been used to treat the symptoms of people with chronic constipation referred to specialist services within secondary and tertiary care settings. However, different methods of biofeedback are used within different centres and the magnitude of suggested benefits and comparable effectiveness of different methods of biofeedback has yet to be established.

Objectives: To determine the efficacy and safety of biofeedback for the treatment of chronic idiopathic (functional) constipation in adults.

Imaging and clinical tests for the diagnosis of long-standing groin pain in athletes. A systematic review.

Objectives: To examine the validity of clinical tests available for the diagnosis of longstanding groin pain in athletes.

Design: Systematic review.

Method: A published search strategy of MeSH terms in MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, and SportDiscuss.

Introducing palliative care into entry-level physical therapy education.

Background And Objective: There is a paucity of information related to teaching palliative care to entry-level physical therapy students. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of an undergraduate course in palliative care on the preparedness of entry-level physical therapy students to practice within the palliative care setting.

Methods: Participants were all entry-level undergraduate students enrolled in the third year of a 4-year undergraduate degree.

Prevalence correlates and impact of fecal incontinence among older women.

Background: Fecal incontinence is a common problem that has been associated with anatomic, physiological, and medical conditions. There are very few data on the factors associated with fecal incontinence in elderly women.

Objectives: We aimed to determine the factors associated with fecal incontinence via a population-based survey in a large cohort of elderly Australian women.

The Berg Balance Scale has high intra- and inter-rater reliability but absolute reliability varies across the scale: a systematic review.

Questions: What is the intra-rater and inter-rater relative reliability of the Berg Balance Scale? What is the absolute reliability of the Berg Balance Scale? Does the absolute reliability of the Berg Balance Scale vary across the scale?

Design: Systematic review with meta-analysis of reliability studies.

Participants: Any clinical population that has undergone assessment with the Berg Balance Scale.

Outcome Measures: Relative intra-rater reliability, relative inter-rater reliability, and absolute reliability.

Scapular muscle exercises following neck dissection surgery for head and neck cancer: a comparative electromyographic study.

Background: Shoulder pain and dysfunction can occur following neck dissection surgery for cancer. These conditions often are due to accessory nerve injury. Such an injury leads to trapezius muscle weakness, which, in turn, alters scapular biomechanics.

Balance outcomes from two small rural hospitals.

Objectives: To describe predicted and measured balance changes in patients receiving physiotherapy in two rural hospitals, and to explore the relationship among balance at discharge, carer availability and patients' discharge destination.

Design: Prospective measurement study.

Setting: Two rural Australian hospitals.

Impact of neck dissection on scapular muscle function: a case-controlled electromyographic study.

Objective: To assess the dynamic activity of scapular muscles in patients with accessory nerve dysfunction after neck dissection surgery, compared with both their unaffected side and with age- and sex-matched controls.

Design: A case-control investigation.

Setting: Physiotherapy department of a hospital.

Physiotherapy for accessory nerve shoulder dysfunction following neck dissection surgery: a literature review.

Background: Neck dissection is an operation that can result in accessory nerve injury. Accessory nerve shoulder dysfunction (ANSD) describes the pain and impaired range of motion that may occur following neck dissection. The aim of this review was to establish the level of evidence for the effectiveness of physiotherapy in the postoperative management of ANSD.

Urinary incontinence is associated with an increase in falls: a systematic review.

Question: Is urinary incontinence associated with falls in community-dwelling older people?

Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies investigating falls and urinary incontinence.

Participants: Community-dwelling older people.

Outcome Measures: Falls rather than fracture or injury, and any type of urinary incontinence.

Living with urinary incontinence: a longitudinal study of older women.

Background: urinary incontinence carries major social burden and considerable costs for health care systems.

Objective: the aim of this study was to investigate changes in continence status among a large cohort of older women, and to identify factors associated with incidence of incontinence in later life.

Subjects: participants of the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health (ALSWH), aged 70-75 years in 1996 and who have completed four health surveys over the past 10 years.