The Pelvic Organ Prolapse Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire, IUGA-revised (PISQ-IR)

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Pelvic floor disorders greatly affect the lives of women who suffer from them. Whereas objective measures of disease severity are essential in the evaluation of these disorders, measures of symptom severity, quality of life, and function provide a broader and more comprehensive representation of the impact these disorders have on women’s lives. Furthermore, they are critical for evaluating the impact of treatment on day-to-day life. The use of questionnaires to assess outcomes in urogynecology has been increasing. Originally, subjective outcomes were often assessed by simply asking the patient what and how bothersome their symptoms were and whether symptoms had resolved and function returned after treatment. Although central to clinical care, the weaknesses of measuring subjective outcomes in this manner for research are obvious, including lack of reproducibility, bias on the part of the provider in response interpretation, and lack of ability to compare outcomes across individuals and over time. …