# Jean Hay-Smith

Elizabeth Jean Carleton Hay-Smith is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the University of Otago in Wellington, specialising in research on non-surgical treatments for pelvic organ prolapse and bladder problems.

## Academic career

Hay-Smith was born and brought up in Te Awaroa, and originally trained and worked as a physiotherapist before moving into academia. During her work as a physiotherapist at The London Hospital, obstetrician Wendy Savage began referring women experiencing dyspareunia (painful sex after childbirth) to her. Encouraged to pursue academia by obstetric physiotherapist Jill Mantle, Hay-Smith then studied dyspareunia for her master's degree. Returning to New Zealand, Hay-Smith completed a PhD titled Pelvic floor muscle training for female stress urinary incontinence at the University of Otago in 2003. Hay-Smith then joined the faculty of the University of Otago in Wellington, rising to associate professor in 2014 and full professor in 2020. Hay-Smith is an honorary associate professor at the University of Stirling. She is part of the Flourishing Together research project on health policy for disabled people.
Hay-Smith's research focuses on people with pelvic organ prolapse and bladder issues, such as incontinence. She uses clinical trials to investigate non-surgical treatments, and qualitative research to understand patient perspectives. She has also researched bladder management after stroke. Hay-Smith has contributed to Cochrane reviews on research to improve rehabilitation for bladder leakage and prolapse.

## Selected works

* Chantale Dumoulin; Licia P Cacciari; E Jean C Hay-Smith (4 October 2018). "Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 10: CD005654. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005654.PUB4. ISSN 1469-493X. PMID 30288727. Wikidata Q57026006.
* P Abrams; K E Andersson; L Birder; et al. (1 January 2010). "Fourth International Consultation on Incontinence Recommendations of the International Scientific Committee: Evaluation and treatment of urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and fecal incontinence". Neurourology and Urodynamics. 29 (1): 213–240. doi:10.1002/NAU.20870. ISSN 0733-2467. PMID 20025020. Wikidata Q34089190.
* Stephanie J Woodley; Peter Lawrenson; Rhianon Boyle; June D Cody; Siv Mørkved; Ashleigh Kernohan; E Jean C Hay-Smith (6 May 2020). "Pelvic floor muscle training for preventing and treating urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal and postnatal women". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 5: CD007471. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD007471.PUB4. ISSN 1469-493X. PMC 7203602. PMID 32378735. Wikidata Q94602702.
* Ghulam Nabi; June D Cody; Gaye Ellis; Jean Hay-Smith; G Peter Herbison (18 October 2006). "Anticholinergic drugs versus placebo for overactive bladder syndrome in adults". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD003781.PUB2. ISSN 1469-493X. PMID 17054185. Wikidata Q24243870.
* Peter Herbison; Jean Hay-Smith; Gaye Ellis; Kate Moore (1 April 2003). "Effectiveness of anticholinergic drugs compared with placebo in the treatment of overactive bladder: systematic review" (PDF). The BMJ. 326 (7394): 841–844. doi:10.1136/BMJ.326.7394.841. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 153465. PMID 12702614. Wikidata Q34950386.
* L. C. Berghmans; H. J. Hendriks; K. Bo; E. J. Hay-Smith; R. A. de Bie; E. S. van Waalwijk van Doorn (1 August 1998). "Conservative treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials". British Journal of Urology. 82 (2): 181–191. doi:10.1046/J.1464-410X.1998.00730.X. ISSN 0007-1331. PMID 9722751. Wikidata Q77173600.
* Hay-Smith J; Herderschee R; Dumoulin C; Herbison P (7 December 2011). "Comparisons of approaches to pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence in women". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 48 (4): 689–705. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD009508. ISSN 1469-493X. PMID 22161451. Wikidata Q24234222.