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A scoring system for the assessment of bowel and lower urinary tract symptoms in women
L Hiller1, H D Bradshaw, S C Radley
1Cancer Research UK, Institute for Cancer Studies, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Objective:
To develop a simple scoring system for a validated 22-item questionnaire used to assess bowel and urinary dysfunction in women.
Setting:
A urogynaecology clinic, a functional bowel clinic, a district general hospital and a general practice.
Population:
One hundred and one women referred with functional bowel and/or urinary symptoms and 131 asymptomatic controls.
Methods:
A user manual has been prepared. Individual responses to questions are categorised into normal and abnormal and odds ratio tests applied to reflect their sensitivity.
Results:
Scoring methods have been detailed, and appropriate and sensitive cutoff points defined.
Conclusions:
The use of this validated questionnaire is now aided by a user manual, facilitating health care evaluation research into the effects of pelvic surgery on pelvic floor symptomatology. A simple scoring system is provided, making the questionnaire a valuable and accessible research tool.
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