Australian pelvic floor questionnaire: a validated interviewer-administered pelvic floor questionnaire for routine clinic and research |
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Authors: | Kaven Baessler Sheila M O’Neill Christopher F Maher Diana Battistutta |
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Institution: | Kaven Baessler, Sheila M. O’Neill, Christopher F. Maher and Diana Battistutta |
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Abstract: | The aim of this study was to design and validate an interviewer-administered pelvic floor questionnaire that integrates bladder,
bowel and sexual function, pelvic organ prolapse, severity, bothersomeness and condition-specific quality of life. Validation
testing of the questionnaire was performed using data from 106 urogynaecological patients and a separately sampled community
cohort of 49 women. Missing data did not exceed 2% for any question. It distinguished community and urogynaecological populations
regarding pelvic floor dysfunction. The bladder domain correlated with the short version of the Urogenital Distress Inventory,
bowel function with an established bowel questionnaire and prolapse symptoms with the International Continence Society prolapse
quantification. Sexual function assessment reflected scores on the McCoy Female Sexuality Questionnaire. Cronbach’s α coefficients
were acceptable in all domains. Kappa coefficients of agreement for the test–retest analyses varied from 0.5 to 1.0. The interviewer-administered
pelvic floor questionnaire assessed pelvic floor function in a reproducible and valid fashion in a typical urogynaecological
clinic.
The validation of the interviewer-administered pelvic floor questionnaire was presented at the Annual Meeting of the International
Continence Society in 2004, Paris (podium presentation; extended abstract): A validated female pelvic floor questionnaire
for clinicians and researchers, Baessler K, O’Neill S, Maher C, Battistutta D, Neurourol Urodynam 2004; 23: 398–399. |
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Keywords: | Pelvic floor function questionnaire validation pelvic floor dysfunction |
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