Validation of the Slovakian version of the P-QOL questionnaire.
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to validate the Slovakian version of the prolapse quality-of-life (P-QOL) questionnaire.


METHODS
The P-QOL questionnaire was translated into the Slovakian language and administered to women recruited from a urogynecology outpatient clinic at a tertiary referral teaching hospital. After completing a questionnaire, all women were examined in supine position using the Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP-Q) Quantification system. The reliability was assessed by using a 2-week test-retest analysis.


RESULTS
Fifty symptomatic and 79 asymptomatic women were included. The score of P-QOL was strongly correlated with the vaginal examination findings among the symptomatic group (p < 0.001 in eight domains). P-QOL domain scores were significantly different between symptomatic and asymptomatic women. The test-retest reliability confirmed a highly significant correlation between the total scores for each domain (p < 0.001).


CONCLUSIONS
The Slovakian version of the P-QOL questionnaire is a valid, reliable, and easily comprehensible instrument to assess quality of life of women with uterovaginal prolapse.
Svihrova
Viera
V
Institute of Public Health, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University, Martin, Slovak Republic.
Digesu
G Alessandro
GA
Svihra
Jan
J
Hudeckova
Henrieta
H
Kliment
Jan
J
Swift
Steven
S
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008875:Middle Aged; D056887:Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Q000208:ethnology; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018154:Slovakia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires