Pelvic Floor Disorder Articles

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS - Condition-specific sexual questionnaires are essential for clinical trials and important patient-reported outcome measures. The aim of the study was to translate the Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire-International Urogynecology Association Revised (PISQ-IR) into German and to clinically validate it in a German-speaking population.

Hundreds of millions of women suffer from pelvic floor disorders globally, often in silence. Women in developing countries do not disclose their problems due to associated social stigma or lack of access to services.

Pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) are common, with one in four U.S. women reporting moderate to severe symptoms of urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse or fecal incontinence. Given the high societal burden of these disorders, identifying potentially modifiable risk factors is crucial.

A systematic survey of pelvic floor disorders in nulliparous women has not been presented previously.

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of urinary incontinence parameters in a large cohort of non-pregnant, nulliparous women, and thereby construct a reference group for comparisons with parous women.