SynthesisInternational urogynecology journal2022
Patient-reported outcome measures for pain in women with pelvic floor disorders: a systematic review.
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- Developing a Risk-Adjustment Model for Stress Urinary Incontinence Procedures Using Australasian Pelvic Floor Procedure Registry Data.International urogynecology journal · 2026Article
- Psychometric Assessment of a New Pain-Specific Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Pelvic Floor Surgery Using Exploratory Factor Analysis.International urogynecology journal · 2026Article
- Construction and evaluation of a model based on clinical factors and multimodal ultrasound parameters for diagnosing postpartum pelvic floor myofascial pain.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Patient-reported outcomes after hysterectomy due to pelvic organ prolapse versus other indications - a 10-year national follow-up study.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Used to Assess Surgical Interventions for Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Stress Urinary Incontinence and Mesh Complications: A Scoping Review for the Development of the APPRAISE PROM.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2026Article
- Patient and Clinician Feedback to Inform the Development of a New Pain-Specific Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Pelvic Floor Surgery.International urogynecology journal · 2025Article
- A Pilot Study of Capturing Patient Reported Outcome Measures in the Australasian Pelvic Floor Procedure Registry.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2025Article
- How to Best Measure and Characterize Symptoms of Patients with Pelvic Floor Disorders.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2025Review
- Developing items for inclusion in a new pain-specific patient-reported outcome measure for pelvic floor surgery: a mixed-methods study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Article
- Patient Related Outcomes for Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome Recommendations for Clinical Trials and General Urology Practice.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2025Review
- Vulvodynia, Genital Eczema and Lichen Sclerosus: What are the Successful Treatments from a Patient's Perspective?International journal of women's health · 2024Article
- Development of a conceptual framework for a new patient-reported outcome measure for pain in women following mesh surgery for pelvic floor disorders: a qualitative study.International urogynecology journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
introduction and hypothesisPatient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are helpful instruments when measuring and reporting changes in patient health status (Al Sayah et al. J Patient Rep Outcomes 5 (Suppl 2):99, 2021) such as the health-related quality of life (HrQoL) of women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The Australasian Pelvic Floor Procedure Registry (APFPR) aims to increase capacity for women to report surgical outcomes through the collection of HrQoL data (Ruseckaite et al. Qual Life Res. 2021) but currently lacks a pain-specific PROM for women with pelvic floor disorders (PFDs), particularly POP and SUI. This review aims to systematically review the existing literature and identify instruments that measure pain in women with POP and SUI for inclusion within the APFPR, which reports on complications from these conditions.
methodsWe conducted a literature search on OVID MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO and EMCARE databases in addition to Google Scholar and grey literature to identify studies from inception to April 2021. Full-text studies were included if they used PROMs to measure pain in women with POP and SUI. Two authors independently screened articles, extracted data and assessed methodological quality.
resultsFrom 2001 studies, 23 publications describing 19 different PROMs were included for analysis. Eight of these instruments were specific to the pelvic floor; four were only specific to pain and used across multiple disorders; three were generic quality of life instruments and four were other non-validated instruments such as focus group interviews. These instruments were not specific to pain in women with POP or SUI, as they did not identify all relevant domains such as the sensation, region and duration of pain, or incidents where onset of pain occurs.
conclusionsThe findings of this review suggest there are no current PROMs that are suitable pain-specific instruments for women with POP or SUI. This knowledge may inform and assist in the development of a new PROM to be implemented into the APFPR.
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