General Obstetrics and Gynecology: GynecologyShort forms of two condition-specific quality-of-life questionnaires for women with pelvic floor disorders (PFDI-20 and PFIQ-7)
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Item selection
Data from the 100 women who contributed to the development and validation of the PFDI and PFIQ long forms were used to develop the short form questionnaires (group 1). Specific details of this patient group and the long versions of the PFDI and PFIQ can be found elsewhere.1 In brief, the PFDI serves the role of both a symptom inventory and a measure of the degree of bother and distress caused by the broad array of pelvic floor symptoms. It includes all of the items in the original UDI
Results
The demographics and clinical diagnoses of the subjects in groups 1 and 2 are listed in Table I. The groups have similar age, racial distribution, parity, and body mass index. A greater proportion of subjects in group 1 had Medicaid or Medicare insurance than those in group 2. Also, subjects in group 2 were significantly more likely to have stage 3 or 4 prolapse and, in all, had greater number of pelvic floor disorders than those in group 1. The surgical procedures performed on subjects in
Comment
Pelvic floor disorders encompass a wide variety of interrelated clinical conditions that include urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, voiding dysfunction, and defecatory dysfunction that can adversely impact the lives of women. These disorders rarely result in mortality or severe morbidity; rather their primary impact is to adversely affect quality of life. Measuring quality of life is therefore essential when evaluating treatments and assessing the impact these
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