Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eivenių G. 2, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Department of Physics, Mathematics and Biophysics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Int Urogynecol J. 2024 Jul;35(7):1399-1404. doi: 10.1007/s00192-024-05822-3. Epub 2024 May 27.
We aimed to translate and validate the Lithuanian version of the Prolapse Quality-of-Life (P-QOL) questionnaire.
The P-QOL questionnaire was translated into Lithuanian and administered to women recruited from a gynaecology outpatient clinic at a tertiary referral centre. The scores of the final version were compared in symptomatic (n = 137) and asymptomatic (n = 137) women and with findings on vaginal examination using the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification system. The reliability was assessed by calculating Cronbach's alpha and by performing a test-retest analysis.
There was a significant difference in median score for each P-QOL domain between symptomatic and asymptomatic women (p < 0.001). P-QOL scores correlated significantly with the stage of urogenital prolapse in most domains. High internal consistency was shown in all domains with a Cronbach's alpha range of 0.775 to 0.958, except for the "social limitations" domain, which was shown to be acceptable (0.647). Test-retest reliability was also high in all domains (p < 0.05).
The Lithuanian version of the P-QOL questionnaire has proven to be a valid, reliable and easily comprehensible instrument for assessing symptom severity and impact on the quality of life of Lithuanian-speaking women with urogenital prolapse.
我们旨在翻译并验证脱垂生活质量问卷（P-QOL）的立陶宛语版本。
将 P-QOL 问卷翻译成立陶宛语，并在一家三级转诊中心的妇科门诊招募女性进行测试。比较有症状（n=137）和无症状（n=137）女性的最终版本得分，以及使用盆腔器官脱垂量化系统进行阴道检查的结果。通过计算 Cronbach's alpha 和进行测试-重测分析来评估可靠性。
在有症状和无症状女性之间，每个 P-QOL 域的中位数得分存在显著差异（p<0.001）。在大多数域中，P-QOL 评分与尿生殖系统脱垂的阶段显著相关。除了“社会限制”域，其显示为可接受（0.647）外，所有域的内部一致性均较高，Cronbach's alpha 范围为 0.775 至 0.958。所有域的测试-重测可靠性均较高（p<0.05）。
立陶宛语版 P-QOL 问卷已被证明是一种有效、可靠且易于理解的工具，可用于评估立陶宛语女性尿生殖系统脱垂的症状严重程度及其对生活质量的影响。
