Publications by authors named "Sallis O Yip"
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the symptomatic change in urinary symptom distress before and after treatment with pelvic floor biofeedback and electrical stimulation in women with mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of women who underwent supervised pelvic floor biofeedback therapy and electrostimulation for the treatment of MUI and SUI. Our primary outcome was change in the Urinary Distress Inventory-6 (UDI-6) score before and after therapy.
Objective: The objective of this descriptive study was to quantify the personal hygiene habits/practices of, as well as the over-the-counter (OTC) products used by, postmenopausal women. Specifically, we were interested in any product that would contact the vulva or vagina.
Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study of postmenopausal women seeking routine gynecologic care.
Objective: This study aims to develop a Vulvovaginal Symptoms Questionnaire (VSQ) to determine the symptoms, emotions, life impact, and sexual impact of vulvovaginal symptoms on postmenopausal women.
Methods: We developed a questionnaire that focuses on vulvovaginal symptoms based on modifications to Skindex-16, a validated questionnaire for measuring the impact of skin disease. We recruited postmenopausal women seeking routine gynecologic care to test the psychometric properties of the VSQ.
Objective: To describe the association between social isolation and urinary incontinence and fecal incontinence in older women.
Methods: We conducted a secondary database analysis of the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project for women aged 57 to 85 years old. Our primary outcome was self-report of often feeling isolated.
Major postoperative complications after benign gynecologic surgery: a clinical prediction tool.
Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg
November 2012
Objective: The objective of this study was to create a clinical prediction tool to differentiate women at risk for postoperative complications after benign gynecologic surgery.
Methods: We utilized the 2005 to 2009 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program participant use data files to perform a secondary data-set analysis of women older than 16 years who underwent benign gynecologic procedures. We then temporally divided women into 2 similar cohorts.
Objective: To estimate the association of age, medical comorbidities, functional status, and unintentional weight loss (as a marker of frailty) with postoperative complications in women undergoing major gynecologic surgery.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program 2005-2009 participant use data files to analyze gynecologic procedures. The primary outcome was a composite of 30-day major postoperative complications.