Clinical Trial: A Multi Center Study to Validate a Condition-specific Measure of Sexual Health in Women With Pelvic Floor Disorders

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational

Official Title: A Multi Center Study to Validate a Condition-specific Measure of Sexual Health in Women With Pelvic Floor Disorders

Brief Summary:

Study Aims:

  1. To validate a new measure of sexual function and activity in women with PFDs;
  2. To establish the responsiveness to change of the new measure.

The investigators hypothesis is that the investigators can create a new questionnaire that accurately measures sexual health in women with pelvic floor disorders that improves on the already published questionnaires.


Detailed Summary: 600 women presenting for care to urogynecology clinics in the United States and England will be recruited to participate. They will give data regarding their physical exam, including measurements by the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification exam and medical and surgical history. In addition, they will complete validated questionnaires including the Incontinence Severity Index, the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (short form) and question # 35 from the Epidemiology of Prolapse and Incontinence Questionnaire. All women will also complete two sexual health questionnaires; the Female Sexual Function Index and the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire (Revised). Women will receive standard care for their pelvic floor disorders. They will then be recontacted to repeat the same set of questionnaires to determine the responsiveness of the new measure. Reliability of the questionnaire will be measured by having a subset of women complete the questionnaire twice; a factor analysis will be performed to determine the underlying factor structure. Responses to the other QOL measures will be compared to those to the new instrument to establish validity.
Sponsor: International Urogynecological Society

Current Primary Outcome: The primary outcome measure for this study is the creation of a valid and reliable new measure of sexual health in women with pelvic floor disorders. [ Time Frame: 3-5 months ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

Original Secondary Outcome:

Information By: International Urogynecological Society

Dates:
Date Received: August 4, 2009
Date Started: August 2009
Date Completion:
Last Updated: December 10, 2015
Last Verified: December 2015