BACKGROUND Quality of life (QoL) is now established as an important outcome for evaluating the impact of disease, and for assessing the efficacy of treatments. However, individuals change with time and the basis on which they make a QoL judgement may also change, a phenomenon increasingly referred to as response shift. Here, the individual may change his or her internal standards, values, and/o...

BACKGROUND Comparison of the quality of life (QoL) trends after TVT, TVT O and Burch colposuspension (BCS) procedures and comparison of long-term subjective and objective outcomes. MATERIAL/METHODS The study included 215 women who underwent a TVT, TVT O or BCS procedure. We monitored QoL after each procedure and the effect of complications on the QoL as assessed by the IQOL questionnaire over...

Quality of life (QOL) means a good life and we believe that a good life is the same as living a life with a high quality. This paper presents the theoretical and philosophical framework of the Danish Quality of Life Survey, and of the SEQOL, QOL5, and QOL1 questionnaires. The notion of a good life can be observed from subjective to the objective, where this spectrum incorporates a number of exi...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the short-term effects of bipolar radiofrequency applied to sacral nerves to treat neurogenic detrusor overactivity in patients with spinal cord injury. METHODS Ten patients with spinal cord injury with neurogenic detrusor overactivity were recruited. These subjects were randomized to two groups: intervention (n=5) and control (n=5), members of which received conventi...

PURPOSE To evaluate long-term outcomes of AdVance and AdVanceXP male slings in patients with persistent stress urinary incontinence (SUI) after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). METHODS A total of 18 consecutive patients received AdVance (n=14) or AdVanceXP (n=4) male sling implantation between 2007 and 2013. Continence was determined by pad use, 24-hour pad testing and validate...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether delivery of better quality of care for urinary incontinence (UI) and falls is associated with better participant-reported outcomes. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders Study 2 (ACOVE-2). PARTICIPANTS Older (≥ 75) ambulatory care participants in ACOVE-2 who screened positive for UI (n = 133) or falls or fear of fall...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the Adjustable Continence Therapy (ProACT) device, a new device for the treatment of male stress urinary incontinence resulting from compromised sphincteric function. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 64 males with post-prostatectomy incontinence underwent ProACT implantation. Efficacy was assessed by means of a daily pad count, a direct visual stress test, administration ...

Bu çalışmanın amacı son 5 yıl içinde doğum yapmış kadınlarda doğumdan sonra geçen sürenin üriner inkontinans görülme sıklığı ve yaşam kalitesine etkisini belirlemektir. kesitsel çalışma yapmış, gebe olmayan 358 kadın ile yürütülmüştür. Veriler “Tanılama Formu” “Üriner İnkontinanslı Hasta Yaşam Kalitesi Anketi (IQOL)” toplanmıştır. Popülasyonumuzda prevalansı %67.3’tür. Doğumdan 1 yıldan az %31....