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Trial reportFemale pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery

Validation of the activities assessment scale in women undergoing pelvic reconstructive surgery.

Matthew D Barber, Kim Kenton, Nancy K Janz, Yvonne Hsu, Keisha Y Dyer, W Jerod Greer, Amanda White, Susie Meikle, Wen Ye

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Trial report in Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07218016 (Accelerometer Measured Early Recovery After Prolapse Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07218016 narecruitingnot on this map

Accelerometer Measured Early Recovery After Prolapse Surgery

TypeinterventionalSponsorNICHD Pelvic Floor Disorders NetworkRan2025 to 2028Enrolled288ConditionsPelvic Organ Prolapse, Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP), Pelvic Organ Prolapse Vaginal Surgery, Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Patient EducationArmsPostoperative Exercise regimen
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. Quality of Life With a Hernia-A Novel Patient Led Study.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2023
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  12. Health-related quality of life in abdominal wall hernia: let's ask patients what matters to them?Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Matthew D BarberObstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. barberm2@ccf.org
Kim Kenton
Nancy K Janz
Yvonne Hsu
Keisha Y Dyer
W Jerod Greer
Amanda White
Susie Meikle
Wen Ye

Funding

Pelvic floor Disorders Network-Data Coordinating CenterU01HD041249 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI WEI, JOHN T · 2001 to 2010
$19.8M
Perioperative Pelvic Floor Rehab: A Rrandomized TrialU10HD041261 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI RICHTER, HOLLY E · 2001 to 2015
$5.1M
UNC Pelvic Floor Disorders Research CollaborativeU10HD041267 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI VISCO, ANTHONY G · 2001 to 2015
$5.0M
The Pelvic Floor Disorders NetworkU10HD041250 · NICHD · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO · PI BRUBAKER, LINDA · 2001 to 2015
$3.8M
Pelvic Floor Disorders NetworkU10HD054214 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI LUKACZ, EMILY S. · 2006 to 2015
$3.3M
The Cleveland Clinic Clinical SiteU10HD054215 · NICHD · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI BARBER, MATTHEW D · 2006 to 2015
$3.2M
Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) Pelvic Floor Disorders Network (PFDN) Clinical SiteUG1HD041267 · NICHD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI NAZEMA Y SIDDIQUI · 2016 to 2026
$2.8M
NICHD Pelvic Floor Disorders Network Clinical Sites (U10)U10HD054241 · NICHD · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI SCHAFFER, JOSEPH I · 2006 to 2015
$1.9M
UTAH PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS NETWORKU10HD054136 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI NYGAARD, INGRID E · 2006 to 2015
$1.6M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe Activities Assessment Scale (AAS) is a 13-item postoperative functional activity scale validated in men who underwent hernia surgery. We evaluated the psychometric characteristics of the AAS in women who underwent vaginal surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

methodsParticipants included 163 women with POP and SUI enrolled in a randomized trial comparing sacrospinous ligament fixation to uterosacral vault suspension with and without perioperative pelvic floor muscle training. Participants completed the AAS and SF-36 at baseline and 2 weeks and 6 months postoperatively. Internal reliability of the AAS was evaluated using Cronbach α. Construct validity and responsiveness were examined in cross-sectional and longitudinal data using Pearson correlation coefficient and analysis of variance. The AAS is scored from zero to 100 (higher scores=better function).

resultsMean (SD) baseline AAS score was 87 (17.3) (range, 25-100). Functional activity declined from baseline to 2 weeks postoperatively (mean change, -4.5; 95% confidence interval, -7.6 to -1.42) but improved above baseline at 6 months (mean change, +10.9; 95% confidence interval, 7.8-14.0). Internal reliability of the AAS was excellent (Cronbach α=0.93). Construct validity was demonstrated by a correlation of 0.59 to 0.60 between the AAS and SF-36 physical functioning scale (P<0.0001) and lower correlations between the AAS and other SF-36 scales. Patients who improved in physical functioning based on the SF-36 between 2 weeks and 6 months postoperatively showed an effect size of 0.86 for change in the AAS over the same period.

conclusionsThe AAS is a valid, reliable, and responsive measure for evaluation of physical function in women after pelvic reconstructive surgery.

Indexed as

Health Status IndicatorsActivities of Daily LivingAgedCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMiddle AgedMotor ActivityPelvic Organ ProlapsePredictive Value of TestsPsychometricsRecovery of FunctionReproducibility of ResultsTreatment OutcomeUrinary Incontinence, Stress

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PMID22777368
PMCPMC3666046

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