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Is the Visual Analogue Scale inferior to the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Distress Inventory for assessing symptom bother of pelvic organ prolapse?

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Disease‐specific validated questionnaires are used to quantify symptom severity, but they are time consuming to complete and evaluate. A Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) assessment of bother is simpler and faster.… Click to show full abstract

Disease‐specific validated questionnaires are used to quantify symptom severity, but they are time consuming to complete and evaluate. A Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) assessment of bother is simpler and faster. The aim of this study is to compare VAS with individual and composite pelvic floor disability index‐short form 20 items in predicting significant pelvic organ prolapse (POP).

Keywords: pelvic organ; analogue scale; visual analogue; organ prolapse

Journal Title: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Year Published: 2021

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