Objective: To determine the response rate to the self-administered Incontinence Impact Questionnaire (IIQ) in an Italian female population. Patients and Methods: 172 consecutive patients referred to the urogynecological department of an urban university teaching hospital were invited to answer the self-administered IIQ. Correlations were investigated between answer rate, age, educational status and urogenital pathology. Results: Only 41.6% of patients with low educational status answered all questions compared with 47.6 and 58% of medium and high educational status (p = 0.038 and p = 0.011 respectively). Mean patient age correlated inversely with educational status (p = -0.443; p < 0.0001) and directly with non-response rate (p = 0.207; p = 0.007). The non-response rate was correlated significantly and inversely with educational status only in continent patients (p = -0.254; p = 0.037) and in patients with pelvic organ prolapse (p = -0.256; p = 0.017). Conclusions: The IIQ answer rate correlated directly with educational status in an Italian female population.
The Incontinence Impact Questionnaire: Results in an Italian Female Population Stratified by Educational Status
COSTANTINI, Elisabetta;LAZZERI, MASSIMO;BINI, Vittorio;DEL ZINGARO, Michele;PORENA, Massimo
2009
Abstract
Objective: To determine the response rate to the self-administered Incontinence Impact Questionnaire (IIQ) in an Italian female population. Patients and Methods: 172 consecutive patients referred to the urogynecological department of an urban university teaching hospital were invited to answer the self-administered IIQ. Correlations were investigated between answer rate, age, educational status and urogenital pathology. Results: Only 41.6% of patients with low educational status answered all questions compared with 47.6 and 58% of medium and high educational status (p = 0.038 and p = 0.011 respectively). Mean patient age correlated inversely with educational status (p = -0.443; p < 0.0001) and directly with non-response rate (p = 0.207; p = 0.007). The non-response rate was correlated significantly and inversely with educational status only in continent patients (p = -0.254; p = 0.037) and in patients with pelvic organ prolapse (p = -0.256; p = 0.017). Conclusions: The IIQ answer rate correlated directly with educational status in an Italian female population.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
