Table 5. Demographics and clinical characteristics of the patients with regard to outcome.
|
- |
Outcome |
- |
|
|
Variables |
Cured (n=14) |
Other (n=10) |
p |
|
Age, years |
44.79±7.60 |
45.40±7.43 |
0.846† |
|
Body mass index, kg/m2 |
29.73±5.19 |
31.18±4.80 |
0.493† |
|
Parity, n |
3 (2-3) |
3 (2-3) |
0.756‡ |
|
History of vaginal delivery, n |
11 (78.57%) |
6 (60.00%) |
0.393§ |
|
Giving birth to macrosomic infant, n |
1 (7.14%) |
1 (10.00%) |
1,000§ |
|
Menopausal status |
- |
- |
- |
|
Premenopausal, n |
10 (71.43%) |
7 (70.00%) |
1,000§ |
|
Postmenopausal, n |
4 (28.57%) |
3 (30.00%) |
|
|
Sexual life |
- |
- |
- |
|
Passive, n |
3 (21.43%) |
3 (30.00%) |
0.665§ |
|
Active, n |
11 (78.57%) |
7 (70.00%) |
|
|
Gynecological operation |
8 (57.14%) |
6 (60.00%) |
1,000§ |
|
C/S, n |
8 (57.14%) |
5 (50.00%) |
0.651¶ |
|
TAH, n |
0 (0.00%) |
1 (10.00%) |
|
|
Smoking, n |
5 (35.71%) |
3 (30.00%) |
1,000§ |
|
Diabetes mellitus, n |
2 (14.29%) |
0 (0.00%) |
0.493§ |
|
Hypertension, n |
4 (28.57%) |
2 (20.00%) |
1,000§ |
|
Goiter, n |
2 (14.29%) |
1 (10.00%) |
1,000§ |
|
COPD, n |
0 (0.00%) |
1 (10.00%) |
0.417§ |
|
Chronic constipation, n |
2 (14.29%) |
0 (0.00%) |
0.493§ |
|
Urgency, n |
7 (50.00%) |
4 (40.00%) |
0.697§ |
|
Duration of incontinence, years |
3.5 (1-5) |
4 (2-10) |
0.313‡ |
|
HADS score |
- |
- |
- |
|
Depression |
7.00±4.99 |
9.50±3.92 |
0.201† |
|
Anxiety |
8.29±5.72 |
9.90±3.73 |
0.444† |
|
Urethral funneling, n |
5 (35.71%) |
3 (30.00%) |
1,000§ |
|
Hiatal opening, mm |
56.84±6.66 |
55.87±7.54 |
0.743† |
|
Retrovesical angle,° |
137.71±16.68 |
144.90±31.79 |
0.478† |
|
Bladder neck descent, mm |
17.59±7.76 |
13.53±2.97 |
0.092† |
|
Bladder wall thickness, mm |
5.38±0.62 |
5.61±0.78 |
0.428† |
|
Urethral rotation angle,° |
71.57±12.18 |
72.00±10.81 |
0.930† |
|
Urethral length, mm |
31.37±4.94 |
31.72±2.84 |
0.843† |
C/S: Caesarean section, TAH: Total abdominal hysterectomy, COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Descriptive statistics were presented using mean ± standard deviation for normally distributed continuous variables, median (25th percentile-75th percentile) for non-normally distributed continuous variables and frequency (percentage) for categorical variables. †Student’s t-test, ‡Mann Whitney U test, §Fisher’s exact test, ¶Fisher-Freeman Halton test