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Validation of the Prolapse Quality-of-Life Questionnaire (P-QoL) in Portuguese version in Brazilian women

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Abstract

Introduction and hypothesis

The aim of this study is to validate the Portuguese translated version of the Prolapse Quality-of-Life Questionnaire (P-QoL).

Methods

Ninety-eight women completed the P-QoL questionnaire translated into Portuguese at baseline and on the second visit, 2 weeks later. Clinical data and Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification Index (POP-Q) according to the International Continence Society were obtained. Psychometric properties of the questionnaire were assessed.

Results

Sixty-eight symptomatic and 30 asymptomatic women for POP symptoms were studied. Most patients presented POP-Q > 2. The P-QoL demonstrated good psychometric properties. The test–retest reliability confirmed a highly significant stability between the total scores for each domain (P < 0.0001). The construct validation distinguished differences in P-QoL questionnaire scores between symptomatic and asymptomatic women.

Conclusion

The Portuguese version of the P-QoL questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument to assess quality of life in Brazilian women with pelvic organ prolapse.

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Abbreviations

GH:

General health

ICS:

International Continence Society

POP-Q:

Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification System

POP:

Pelvic organ prolapse

P-QoL:

Prolapse Quality-of-Life Questionnaire

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Acknowledgments

We thank the health professionals who composed the multidisciplinary committee review: Artur de Oliveira Rangel, Carlos Frederico Silveira, and Vera Maria Gomes Sena (gynecologists—Recife); Gustavo Borghesi and José Carlos Truzzi (female urologists—São Paulo); Márcia Salvador Geo (urogynecologist—Belo Horizonte); and Maria Alice Lelis and Regiane Glashan (nurses specialized in pelvic floor dysfunctions—Sao Paulo).

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  1. Division of Gynecology, Centro Integrado de Saúde Amaury de Medeiros da Universidade de Pernambuco (CISAM-UPE), Recife, Brazil

    Márcia Silva de Oliveira

  2. Division of Gynecology, Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Recife, Brazil

    Márcia Silva de Oliveira

  3. Division of Urology, Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Recife, Brazil

    Geraldo de Aguiar Cavalcanti

  4. State Center for Voiding Dysfunction, Jaú, Brazil

    José Tadeu Nunes Tamanini

  5. Urogeriatric Unit, Division of Urology, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    José Tadeu Nunes Tamanini

  6. Division of Urology, Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz da Universidade de Pernambuco (HUOC-UPE), Rua de Apipucos, 235/2202, Recife, 52071-000, Brazil

    Geraldo de Aguiar Cavalcanti

  7. Division of Gynecology, Hospital Barão de Lucena, Recife, Brazil

    Geraldo de Aguiar Cavalcanti

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de Oliveira, M.S., Tamanini, J.T.N. & de Aguiar Cavalcanti, G. Validation of the Prolapse Quality-of-Life Questionnaire (P-QoL) in Portuguese version in Brazilian women. Int Urogynecol J 20, 1191–1202 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-009-0934-6

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