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Swedish validation of the Pelvic Floor Questionnaire for pregnant and postpartum women

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: The German “Pelvic Floor Questionnaire for pregnant and postpartum women” is a self-administered questionnaire customized for pregnancy and the postpartum period that assesses four domains of pelvic floor function regarding perceived symptoms, suffering, and impact on qu...

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Autores principales: Jesberg, Ute, Gutke, Annelie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9569317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35767025
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00192-022-05264-9
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description INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: The German “Pelvic Floor Questionnaire for pregnant and postpartum women” is a self-administered questionnaire customized for pregnancy and the postpartum period that assesses four domains of pelvic floor function regarding perceived symptoms, suffering, and impact on quality of life: bladder, bowel, prolapse, and sexual function. No similar questionnaire is available in Swedish, despite a high prevalence of pregnancy and postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction. Thus, we aimed to translate the validated German questionnaire into Swedish and test its validity and reliability in a Swedish population. METHODS: Translation and cultural adaptation were performed according to guidelines. Of the 248 women who answered the Swedish questionnaire, 57 filled out the questionnaire twice to evaluate test-retest reliability. We also assessed internal consistency and discriminant validity. RESULTS: The Swedish version of the questionnaire showed good face and content validity. Cronbach’s alpha was in the acceptable to excellent range (bladder 0.82, bowel 0.78, prolapse 0.91, and sexual 0.83), showing adequate internal consistency. A comparison of means (≥ 1 point) showed that the questionnaire significantly (p < 0.05) distinguished between women who reported suffering and those who did not. Cohen's kappa for all individual items showed fair to almost perfect agreement (0.24–0.87) between test and retest scores. The intraclass correlation coefficients for domain scores (0.92–0.97) were all in an optimal range. CONCLUSIONS: The Swedish version of the questionnaire is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing pelvic floor disorders, symptom severity, and impact on quality of life during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
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spelling pubmed-95693172022-10-17 Swedish validation of the Pelvic Floor Questionnaire for pregnant and postpartum women Jesberg, Ute Gutke, Annelie Int Urogynecol J Original Article INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: The German “Pelvic Floor Questionnaire for pregnant and postpartum women” is a self-administered questionnaire customized for pregnancy and the postpartum period that assesses four domains of pelvic floor function regarding perceived symptoms, suffering, and impact on quality of life: bladder, bowel, prolapse, and sexual function. No similar questionnaire is available in Swedish, despite a high prevalence of pregnancy and postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction. Thus, we aimed to translate the validated German questionnaire into Swedish and test its validity and reliability in a Swedish population. METHODS: Translation and cultural adaptation were performed according to guidelines. Of the 248 women who answered the Swedish questionnaire, 57 filled out the questionnaire twice to evaluate test-retest reliability. We also assessed internal consistency and discriminant validity. RESULTS: The Swedish version of the questionnaire showed good face and content validity. Cronbach’s alpha was in the acceptable to excellent range (bladder 0.82, bowel 0.78, prolapse 0.91, and sexual 0.83), showing adequate internal consistency. A comparison of means (≥ 1 point) showed that the questionnaire significantly (p < 0.05) distinguished between women who reported suffering and those who did not. Cohen's kappa for all individual items showed fair to almost perfect agreement (0.24–0.87) between test and retest scores. The intraclass correlation coefficients for domain scores (0.92–0.97) were all in an optimal range. CONCLUSIONS: The Swedish version of the questionnaire is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing pelvic floor disorders, symptom severity, and impact on quality of life during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Springer International Publishing 2022-06-29 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9569317/ /pubmed/35767025 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00192-022-05264-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9569317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35767025
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