title: Symptoms, bother and POPQ in women referred with pelvic organ prolapse.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate symptoms and bother in patients with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and to compare symptoms with POP-Q grading and measurements. One hundred and ten women with POP filled in a symptom-bother questionnaire concerning frequency of mechanical, bladder, bowel and sexual problems, and a 4-point bother score. The POP was grouped grade 0-1 versus grade >or=2 in each compartment. Symptoms more than once per week were associated with a higher bother score. Mechanical symptoms, reported in 70%, were the most troublesome. Various bladder, bowel and sexual symptoms were reported in 5%-52%, 5%-39%, and 35%-57%, respectively. We concluded that symptoms from all domains were frequent and reported generally and with little relation to prolapse in a specific compartment or POP-Q value.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Nykoebing Falster Hospital and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. lmou@glostruphosp.kbhamt.dk
authors.forename: Lone
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mouritsen
authors.forename: Jens Prien
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Larsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*