Authors: D G Tincello Z Alfirevic
Publish Date: 2014/03/18
Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 96-98
Abstract
We attempted to grade treatment outcomes in female urinary incontinence by the perceived importance of these outcomes for patients nursing staff and medical staff One hundred millimeter visual analog scales VAS quantifying the relative importance of five clinical outcomes were sent to 100 patients 50 nursing staff and 135 medical staff involved in continence care and median VAS scores for each outcome were compared between groups Subjective improvement and improvement in quality of life were rated most highly Median scores for subjective cure were 93 76–99 for nurses 93 11–100 for patients and 91 50–100 for ICS UK members Median quality of life improvement scores were 92 67–100 93 3–100 and 93 74–100 respectively not significant There was a striking concordance of opinion regarding the importance of subjective improvement and improvement in quality of life We suggest that these should become primary outcome measures in all future clinical trials and audits of incontinence treatments
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