| Journal: | International braz j urol |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000296602 |
| ISSN: | 1677-5538 |
| Authors: | Botega, Neury J1 Rios, Luis A.S2 Tamanini, Jose T.N Gomes, Cristiano M Baracat, Fabio Bezerra, Carlos A Netto-Junior, Nelson R Dambros, Miriam D'ancona, Carlos A.L Palma, Paulo C.R |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Departamento de Urologia, Sao Paulo. Brasil 2Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Escola de Medicina, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Season: | Nov-Dic |
| Volumen: | 30 |
| Number: | 6 |
| Pages: | 479-486 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico, analítico |
| English abstract | OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the concurrent validity, internal consistency and responsiveness of King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ) in patients who underwent sling procedures for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed a prospective open label multicenter study in 4 tertiary referral centers. Sixty-eight female patients were enrolled with urodynamically diagnosed urinary stress incontinence. Patients were treated using surgical procedures, mostly (73%) with the synthetic sling procedure, which has been considered one of the gold standard methods for the treatment of urinary incontinence. The patients were assessed before and after one month of postoperative follow up, using the KHQ in its validated Portuguese version. Patients also underwent preoperative urodynamic test, Stamey incontinence grading, pad usage and the assessment of number of pads used per day. After surgery, patients underwent stress test, Stamey incontinence grading pad usage and the assessment of number of pads used per day. RESULTS: The concurrent validity showed good correlations in some domains of KHQ to clinical parameters. The internal consistency was higher after treatment compared to preoperative values. Objective parameters, such as pad usage and the assessment of number of pads used per day, had significant correlation with changes in post-treatment scores on KHQ. The responsiveness expressed in terms of standardized effect size (SES) and standardized response mean (SRM) was large. CONCLUSION: The results showed moderate |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Cirugía, Incontinencia urinaria, Calidad de vida, Cuestionarios, Estrés, Validación |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Surgery, Urinary incontinence, Quality of life, Questionnaires, Stress, Validation |
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