Abstract
INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: In order to assess the outcome following surgery for urinary incontinence (UI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) the importance of patient-reported outcome measures, in addition to the clinical objective measures, has been recognised. The International Consultation on Incontinence has initiated the development and evaluation of disease-specific questionnaires (ICIQ) to compare the patient's degree of improvement. Alternatively, the Patient's Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I score) with an inherent before-after assessment has been widely accepted in recent studies. The aim of this study was to compare the PGI-I versus the ICIQ score for women undergoing UI or POP surgery.
METHODS: This study is based on self-administered pre- and postoperative questionnaires, completed by women undergoing surgery for UI or POP in Denmark in 2013. Weighted Kappa statistics and 95 % limits of agreement method were used when comparing the PGI-I and ICIQ scores.
RESULTS: Among the 3,310 women included the PGI-I score showed a higher improvement than the IQIC score, for UI 0.83 (CI 95 %: 0.80-0.85) vs 0.62 (0.60-0.64) and for POP 0.77 (0.75-0.78) vs 0.66 (0.65-0.67).
CONCLUSIONS: The PGI-I score renders higher satisfaction than the ICIQ score and the PGI-I score overestimates the improvement following UI and POP surgery.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | International Urogynecology Journal |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Pages (from-to) | 537-43 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISSN | 0937-3462 |
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| Publication status | Published - Apr 2016 |