title: Validation of Persian version of the Prolapse Quality-of-Life questionnaire (P-QOL).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of a Persian translation of the Prolapse Quality-of-Life (P-QOL) questionnaire in women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP).
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and twenty-four women with POP symptoms and 125 asymptomatic women were studied. The asymptomatic group was used for discriminant validity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy-two percent (89/124) of the symptomatic women had stage ≥ 2 POP while 86% (108/125) of the asymptomatic women had a stage <2 POP. All domains of the Persian P-QOL have a Cronbach's alpha coefficient greater than 0.7 (0.78-0.97) and were significantly different between symptomatic and asymptomatic women indicating a good discriminant validity (<0.01). The test-retest reliability confirmed a highly significant correlation. All items of P-QOL questionnaire correlated significantly with the objective vaginal examination findings (construct validity) except for personal relationship and emotions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Persian version of the P-QOL is a valid and reliable tool to assess QOL of women with POP.
authors: Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Crossroads of Hemmat and Chamran Expressways, 15875-6171 Tehran, Iran. mnojomi@tums.ac.ir
authors: Marzieh
authors: M
authors: Nojomi
authors: G Alessandro
authors: GA
authors: Digesu
authors: Vik
authors: V
authors: Khullar
authors: Negar
authors: N
authors: Morovatdar
authors: Ladan
authors: L
authors: Haghighi
authors: Mansoureh
authors: M
authors: Alirezaei
authors: Steven
authors: S
authors: Swift
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008875:Middle Aged; D056887:Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014175:Translating; D055815:Young Adult