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- Title
Validation of the Lithuanian version of the Prolapse Quality-of-Life questionnaire.
- Authors
Mančinskienė, Dominyka; Kačerauskienė, Justina; Railaitė, Dalia Regina; Paukštaitienė, Renata; Bartusevičius, Arnoldas; Digesu, Alex; Bartusevičienė, Eglė
- Abstract
Introduction and Hypothesis: We aimed to translate and validate the Lithuanian version of the Prolapse Quality-of-Life (P-QOL) questionnaire. Methods: The 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. Results: There 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). Conclusion: The 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.
- Subjects
PELVIC organ prolapse; CRONBACH'S alpha; VAGINA examination; ASYMPTOMATIC patients; PELVIC examination
- Publication
International Urogynecology Journal, 2024, Vol 35, Issue 7, p1399
- ISSN
0937-3462
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00192-024-05822-3