Coevorden Study
Coevorden Study...
Description
The Coevorden study explores the (co)occurrence of different pelvic floor symptoms (e.g. voiding symptoms, bowel symptoms, pelvic pain, prolapse, sexual problems) in men and women, and the role of pelvic floor muscles. This includes questionnaire bas...
General Design
- Type
- Cohort study
- Cohort type
- Population cohort
- Data collection type
- Retrospective, Prospective
- Design
- Longitudinal
- Design description
- We conducted a prospective observational population-based cohort study in a Dutch municipality, applying a mixed-methods approach that combined quantitative and qualitative elements. Quantitative approach: questionnaires at baseline and one-year and two-year follow up; use of routine care data from primary care; extensive physical examination in subgroup of men and women with and without symptoms (cross sectional). Qualitative approach: interview study among men and women with one or more symptoms who did or did not seek care for these symptoms.
- Design schematic
- Design schematic
- Start/End data collection
- 2019 until 2022
- Design paper
- Exploring concomitant pelvic floor symptoms in community-dwelling females and males
- PID
- https://doi.org/10.34760/63775b567f465
Population
- Countries
- Netherlands (the)
- Regions
- Drenthe
- Number of participants
- 11724
- Population age groups
- Adult (18+ years)
Organisations
Lead organisations
- University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG)Netherlands (the)https://www.umcg.nl/
Additional organisations
- Huisartsenpraktijk MeanderNetherlands (the)https://huisartsenpraktijkmeander.praktijkinfo.nl/
Publications
Access conditions
- Data access conditions
- general research use
- Data use conditions
- not for profit, non commercial use only
- publication required
- collaboration required
- ethics approval required
- Data access fee
- false
- Release type
- Closed dataset
Funding & Acknowledgements
- Funding
- This study was funded by ZonMw (Gender and Health 849200004)