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ArticleInternational urogynecology journal2024

Validation of the Lithuanian version of the Prolapse Quality-of-Life questionnaire.

Dominyka Mančinskienė, Justina Kačerauskienė, Dalia Regina Railaitė, Renata Paukštaitienė, Arnoldas Bartusevičius, Alex Digesu, Eglė Bartusevičienė

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Dominyka MančinskienėDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eivenių G. 2, Kaunas, Lithuania. dominyka.surgontaite@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6790-6921
Justina KačerauskienėDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eivenių G. 2, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Dalia Regina RailaitėDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eivenių G. 2, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Renata PaukštaitienėDepartment of Physics, Mathematics and Biophysics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Arnoldas BartusevičiusDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eivenių G. 2, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Alex DigesuDepartment of Urogynaecology, St. Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Eglė BartusevičienėDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eivenių G. 2, Kaunas, Lithuania.

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introduction and hypothesisWe aimed to translate and validate the Lithuanian version of the Prolapse Quality-of-Life (P-QOL) questionnaire.

methodsThe P-QOL questionnaire was translated into Lithuanian and administered to women recruited from a gynaecology outpatient clinic at a tertiary referral centre. The scores of the final version were compared in symptomatic (n = 137) and asymptomatic (n = 137) women and with findings on vaginal examination using the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification system. The reliability was assessed by calculating Cronbach's alpha and by performing a test-retest analysis.

resultsThere was a significant difference in median score for each P-QOL domain between symptomatic and asymptomatic women (p < 0.001). P-QOL scores correlated significantly with the stage of urogenital prolapse in most domains. High internal consistency was shown in all domains with a Cronbach's alpha range of 0.775 to 0.958, except for the "social limitations" domain, which was shown to be acceptable (0.647). Test-retest reliability was also high in all domains (p < 0.05).

conclusionThe Lithuanian version of the P-QOL questionnaire has proven to be a valid, reliable and easily comprehensible instrument for assessing symptom severity and impact on the quality of life of Lithuanian-speaking women with urogenital prolapse.

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Pelvic Organ ProlapseQuality of LifeAdultAgedFemaleHumansLithuaniaMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesTranslationsLithuanian version validationPelvic organ prolapseP-QOL questionnaireQuality of life

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