Table 2.
Screening characteristics of each question of the pelvic organ prolapse screening inventory (POPSSI) in the 2nd phase of the study (n = 945)
| Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) |
Positive predictive value (%) | Negative predictive value (%) | False negative (%) | False positive (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urinary incontinence following laughing, sneezing or coughing | 40.7 | 88 | 71.4 | 66.7 | 59.2 | 12 |
| Urinary urgency | 21.3 | 88.4 | 57.6 | 60.2 | 78.6 | 11.6 |
| Feeling pain during defecation | 3.9 | 97.1 | 50 | 57.7 | 96.1 | 2.8 |
| Feeling or seeing bulge in vagina. | 9.8 | 99 | 88.3 | 59.7 | 90.2 | 0.9 |
| *POPSSI | 45.5 | 87.4 | 72.7 | 68 | 54 | 12.5 |
*all of these four questions