title: The Portuguese validation of the short form of the Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire (PISQ-12).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Sexual well-being is an important aspect of women's life. The objective of this study was to validate the Portuguese-translated version of the short form of the Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire--PISQ-12.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-four women were enrolled to participate in the process of validating the PISQ-12 (study group). A further 68 subjects were allocated to a control group for comparison between the group of women with pelvic organ prolapse/urinary incontinence and the asymptomatic group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The PISQ-12 presented good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha of 0.79 for the study group and 0.80 for the control group). The test-retest reliability using the intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.77. Mean score on the PISQ-12 was significantly higher in the control group than in the study group (42.7 ± 3.9 vs 27.8 ± 9.3)
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Portuguese version of the PISQ-12 was reliable for the assessment of sexual function in women with pelvic organ prolapse/urinary incontinence.
authors.affiliation: Santa Casa de São Paulo-Faculty of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil, gulnaras@bol.com.br.
authors.forename: Gulnara Waleska Rubio Martinez
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Antonio Pedro Flores
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Auge
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D056887:Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D011174:Portugal; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*