The American Urogynecologic Society’s (AUGS) Pelvic Floor Disorder Registry for Research (PFDR-R) is a volunteer, multi-centered, 3-year, prospective cohort of patients undergoing treatment for pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Using the American Urogynecologic Society multicenter Pelvic Floor Disorder Registry for Research, this study from HIP Investigator Dr. Heidi Brown compared generic quality of life (QOL) in women planning pelvic organ prolapse (POP) treatment (surgery vs pessary), correlated generic and condition-specific QOL scores, and identified associations between generic QOL and other factors.
Five hundred sixty-eight women (419 surgery, 149 pessary) were included. Cross-sectional analysis assessed generic physical and mental QOL. The study found that women choosing POP surgery versus pessary had similar physical and mental generic QOL.
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