Responsiveness to the Portuguese version of the international consultation on incontinence questionnaire - short form (ICIQ-SF) after stress urinary incontinence surgery
Int. braz. j. urol
; 31(5): 482-490, Sept.-Oct. 2005. tab
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OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the reliability and responsiveness (internal and external) of the Portuguese version of the ICIQ-SF. We assessed the responsiveness of the ICIQ-SF after surgical procedures for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Prospective open label study in 2 tertiary referral centers. Sixty-one patients of both genders (54 female and 7 male) were enrolled. Patients were treated using surgical procedures, mostly with synthetic sling (82 percent). Patients were assessed before surgery and at least 1 month postoperatively using the ICIQ-SF in its translated and validated Portuguese version. Patients also underwent pre-operative urodynamic tests, Stamey incontinence grading and pad usage assessments. After surgery, patients underwent stress tests, Stamey incontinence grading and pad usage assessments.RESULTS:
The mean age was 57.2 (± 11.6) years and the mean duration of follow-up was 7.2 months (± 4.5). Objective parameters such as urodynamic tests (by means of VLPP) and pad usage had significant correlation with changes in post-treatment scores on the ICIQ-SF (p = 0.0062 and p < 0.0001 respectively). The responsiveness expressed in terms of standardized effect sizes (SES) and standardized response means (SRM) was large for both questionnaires (p < 0.0001).CONCLUSION:
The results showed high responsiveness (large effect sizes I and II) for the Portuguese version of the ICIQ-SF, indicating that this instrument is suitable for measuring outcomes in clinical trials for Brazilian patients with stress urinary incontinence.
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LILACS
Main subject:
Translating
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Urinary Incontinence, Stress
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Surveys and Questionnaires
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
Language:
En
Journal:
Int. braz. j. urol
Journal subject:
UROLOGIA
Year:
2005
Type:
Article