Sexual function following pelvic floor surgery.
OBJECTIVE
To prospectively evaluate sexual function in women who underwent surgery for incontinence and/or prolapse using the Pelvic Organ Prolapse-Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire (PISQ), and to provide a preliminary evaluation of the PISQ's psychometric properties for a population of women in the United Kingdom.


METHODS
Women who underwent surgery for pelvic organ prolapse and/or urinary incontinence completed the PISQ, the Sheffield Prolapse Symptoms Questionnaire, and the King's Health Questionnaire preoperatively and 4 months postoperatively. Rates of item completion were assessed to evaluate the performance of the PISQ, and Cronbach alpha values and item-total correlations were calculated for the full scale and each of the 3 domains (behavioral-emotive, physical, and partner-related).


RESULTS
Thirty-five women responded to the questionnaire. Postoperatively an improvement was demonstrated for overall score (P=0.002), and for physical (P<0.001) and partner-related domains (P=0.004).


CONCLUSIONS
Women reported a significant improvement in sexual function 4 months after surgery for incontinence and prolapse.
Thakar
Ranee
R
Mayday University Hospital, Croydon, UK. ranee.thakar@mayday.nhs.uk
Chawla
Shalini
S
Scheer
Inka
I
Barrett
Geraldine
G
Sultan
Abdul H
AH
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017773:Pelvic Floor; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000601:surgery*