Mahoney, Charlotte http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2449-6138
Scott, Georgina
Dwyer, Lucy
Reid, Fiona
Ward, Karen
Smith, Anthony
Kearney, Rohna
Funding for this research was provided by:
Coloplast (n/a)
Article History
Received: 27 August 2018
Accepted: 22 January 2019
First Online: 27 February 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
: The findings of this study were presented at the British Society of Urogynaecology annual research meeting. None of the authors have any competing interests in the study.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: C. Mahoney has received research grants from the National Institute of Health Research UK (NIHR) and is a member of the technical team for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Clinical Guidelines on Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse. G. Scott declares no conflicts of interest. L. Dwyer has received research funding from Bulkamid. F. Reid has received research funding for an unrestricted industry funded investigator led study of stress urinary incontinence from Contura, was chief investigator for a human tissue authority funded randomised controlled study of prolapse (PROSPECT) and is a member of Specialised National Health Service (NHS) commissioning committee for women's health. K. Ward is topic lead of the NICE Clinical Guideline on Urinary Incontinence Update. A. Smith has previously received a research grant from Coloplast, which funded the primary study. R. Kearney is topic lead of the NICE Clinical Guideline on Pelvic Organ Prolapse Update and chief investigator of the Treatment of Prolapse with Self-care Pessary Study.