Speaker: Emilia Rotstein, Urogynecologist, PhD, Karolinska Pelvic Floor Centre, Department of Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden. Doctor Emilia Rotstein is a medical doctor and researcher within pelvic floor health. She is working as a medical doctor and director at the Pelvic Floor Center, Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden. Her Ph.D.-thesis focused on “Pelvic floor dysfunction after childbirth: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment”. In this presentation, Emilia will share her research on developing and validating the KAPTAIN questionnaire. The main topics in this presentation will focus on:
- Vaginal birth and related injuries
- Long-term symptoms in women with a deficient perineum
- How do we ask questions about a deficient perineum?
- How do researchers develop and validate a questionnaire?
