ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2006
Is a generic quality of life instrument helpful for evaluating women with urinary incontinence?
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- Mapping of incontinence quality of life (I-QOL) scores to assessment of quality of life 8D (AQoL-8D) utilities in patients with idiopathic overactive bladder.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2014Article
- Effect of Urinary Incontinence on Quality of Life among Iranian Women.Journal of family & reproductive health · 2014Article
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- Disease burden of overactive bladder: quality-of-life data assessed using ICI-recommended instruments.PharmacoEconomics · 2007Review
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to determine whether a generic health outcome instrument would be helpful for evaluating women with stress urinary incontinence (UI) combined with or without urge UI.
methodsA total of 109 women with UI and 80 controls participated in the study. Health-related quality of life (QOL) was measured using the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form General Health Survey (SF-36) and the Incontinence Quality of Life (I-QoL) questionnaire.
resultsAmong eight domains of the SF-36 questionnaire, only four domains, namely, 'role-physical functioning' (p<0.05), 'vitality' (p<0.05), 'mental health' (p<0.05) and 'bodily pain' (p<0.05) were significantly different between the groups. Comparing the I-QoL sores in the two groups, patients with UI had significantly poorer subscale scores of I-QoL than the controls (p<0.05 for all domains). When women with UI were subdivided into groups of stress and mixed UI, only 2 domains of the SF-36 questionnaire, 'role-physical functioning' (p<0.05) and 'bodily pain' (p<0.05), were significantly different. The mixed UI group had higher scores only on these two domains compared to the stress UI group. In the 'role-physical functioning' domain, there was no significant difference between the mixed UI group and the controls. In 'bodily pain' domain, there was no significant difference between the stress UI group and the controls. The mixed group had the highest scores observed. Patients with mixed UI had significantly lower total scores compared to those with stress UI, including the subscale score of 'avoidance behavior' of the I-QoL. Among eight domains of the SF-36, only 'physical functioning' (r = 0.281, p<0.01) and 'social functioning' (r = 0.239, p<0.05) were weakly correlated with 'psychological impact' of the I-QoL.
conclusionOur findings show that the generic QOL instrument is not sensitive measure of QOL in women with UI.
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