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17938844

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-3
pubmed:abstractText
Quality of life (QoL) assessment is important in the evaluation of women with urogenital prolapse. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between physician and patient-assessed QoL using the Prolapse Quality of Life questionnaire (PQoL). Patients with symptomatic prolapse were recruited and asked to complete a PQoL. A second PQoL was filled in by the physician blinded to the patient responses, on the basis of a detailed urogynaecological history. These data were analysed by an independent statistician assessing concordance between patient and physician assessment (weighted kappa analysis: individual questions, Wilcoxon's signed rank test: QoL scores). Weighted kappa showed poor concordance between the patient and physician responses; mean Kappa: 0.46, range 0.020-0.83. The physician underestimated QoL score in five out of nine domains (mean 8.8%) and overestimated QoL score in four out of nine domains (mean 4.3%). This study confirms that QoL outcomes based on the physicians' perspective may not be valid.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:author
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
517-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-8-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Is there a difference in patient and physician quality of life evaluation in pelvic organ prolapse?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urogynaecology, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, UK. sushmasrikrishna@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article