ArticleAmerican journal of obstetrics and gynecology2019
Gaining the patient perspective on pelvic floor disorders' surgical adverse events.
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- Preoperative predictors of success after transvaginal rectocoele repair.Techniques in coloproctology · 2023Article
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- How is pain associated with pelvic mesh implants measured? Refinement of the construct and a scoping review of current assessment tools.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- AUGS-PERFORM: A New Patient-Reported Outcome Measure to Assess Quality of Prolapse Care.Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery · 2022Article
- How Women Perceive Severity of Complications after Pelvic Floor Repair?Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Patient-Centered Goals for Treatment of Pelvic Floor Disorders.Current bladder dysfunction reports · 2022Review
- Patient Preparedness for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery: A Randomized Equivalence Trial of Preoperative Counseling.Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery · 2021Article
- Success and failure are dynamic, recurrent event states after surgical treatment for pelvic organ prolapse.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2021Article
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- Deciding Our Future: Consensus Conference Summary Report.Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Institute for Healthcare Improvement defines an adverse event as an unintended physical injury resulting from or contributed to by medical care that requires additional monitoring, treatment, or hospitalization or that results in death. The majority of research has focused on adverse events from the provider's perspective.
objectiveThe objective of this qualitative study was to describe patient perceptions on adverse events following surgery for pelvic floor disorders. STUDY
designWomen representing the following 3 separate surgical populations participated in focus groups: (1) preoperative (women <12 weeks prior to surgery); (2) short-term postoperative (women up to 12 weeks after surgery); and (3) long-term postoperative (women 1-5 years after surgery). Deidentified transcripts of audio recordings were coded and analyzed with NVivo 10 software to identify themes, concepts, and adverse events. Women were asked to rank patient-identified and surgeon-identified adverse events in order of perceived severity.
resultsEighty-one women participated in 12 focus groups. Group demographics were similar between groups, and all groups shared similar perspectives regarding surgical expectations. Women commonly reported an unclear understanding of their surgery and categorized adverse events such as incontinence, constipation, nocturia, and lack of improvement in sexual function as very severe, ranking these comparably with intensive care unit admissions or other major surgical complications. Women also expressed a sense of personal failure and shame if symptoms recurred.
conclusionWomen consider functional outcomes such as incontinence, sexual dysfunction, and recurrence of symptoms as severe adverse events and rate them as similar in severity to intensive care unit admissions and death.
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