Follow-up Strategies for Improved Postoperative Recovery After Benign Hysterectomy

Inclusion Criteria: * Women between 18 and 60 years of age. * Women who are scheduled for vaginal or abdominal total or subtotal hysterectomy for benign gynecological diseases (including cervical dysplasia). * Women who understand and speak Swedish fluently. * Women who gives signed informed consent to participate in the study. * Women who have access to a telephone and/or internet. Exclusion Criteria: * Women where the hysterectomy is carried out in association with surgery for genital prolapse * Women with genital malignancies (does not include cervical dysplasia). * Women where the operation is planned or expected to comprise more than the hysterectomy with or without unilateral salpingooophorectomy and appendectomy en passant. * Women with previous bilateral salpingooophorectomy. * Women who are physically disabled to a degree so that mobilization postoperatively cannot be expected as for a normal individual. * Women who are mentally disabled to a degree so she cannot complete the forms in the study or understand the tenor of the participation or it is considered doubtful from an ethical point of view to participate. * Women with psychiatric disease or is on medication for severe psychiatric disease so that the physician consider participation in the study unsuitable. * Women with current drug or alcohol abuse.