Table 4.
Sexually active- Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire–International Urogynecology Association Revised (PISQ-IR) scale correlations with 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), Kings Health Questionnaire (KHQ), Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), and clinical measures
| Dimension: sexual response | Dimension: quality, satisfaction, desire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexually active-arousal, orgasm | Sexually active-partner-related | Sexually active-condition-specific | Sexually active-global quality | Sexually active-condition impact | Sexually active-desire | |
| SA-AO | SA-PR | SA-CS | SA-GQ | SA-CI | SA-D | |
| SF-36 scales a | ||||||
| Physical functioning | 0.47** | 0.10 | 0.37** | 0.38** | 0.38** | 0.18 |
| Role physical | 0.35** | 0.09 | 0.30** | 0.27** | 0.28** | 0.07 |
| Bodily pain | 0.35** | 0.18 | 0.41** | 0.36** | 0.30** | 0.12 |
| General health perception | 0.29** | 0.30** | 0.39** | 0.25** | 0.20* | 0.18 |
| Vitality | 0.22* | 0.14 | 0.41** | 0.31** | 0.22* | 0.19* |
| Social functioning | 0.24** | 0.17 | 0.49** | 0.27** | 0.30** | 0.07 |
| Role-emotional | 0.26** | 0.09 | 0.36** | 0.14 | 0.20* | 0.11 |
| Mental health | 0.22* | 0.33** | 0.48** | 0.32** | 0.28** | 0.19* |
| KHQ scales b | ||||||
| General health perception | −0.34** | −0.24* | −0.50** | −0.33** | −0.30** | −0.30** |
| Incontinence impact | −0.19 | −0.21 | −0.33** | −0.34** | −0.36** | −0.08 |
| Role limitations | −0.26* | −0.12 | −0.32** | −0.28* | −0.38** | −0.03 |
| Physical limitations | −0.13 | −0.09 | −0.23* | −0.16 | −0.28** | 0.08 |
| Social limitations | −0.19 | −0.19 | −0.46** | −0.13 | −0.37** | 0.09 |
| Personal relationship | −0.44** | −0.24* | −0.52** | −0.39** | −0.62** | −0.01 |
| Emotional problems | −0.27* | −0.27* | −0.37** | −0.26* | −0.41** | 0.02 |
| Sleep and energy disturbances | −0.23* | −0.05 | −0.32** | −0.17 | −0.34** | 0.09 |
| Symptom severity | −0.22* | −0.15 | −0.35** | −0.20 | −0.33** | 0.08 |
| Overactive bladder | −0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | −0.06 | −0.03 | 0.08 |
| FSFI scales c | ||||||
| Desire | 0.42** | 0.31** | 0.20 | 0.42** | 0.02 | 0.75** |
| Arousal | 0.61** | 0.34** | 0.37** | 0.44** | 0.30** | 0.51** |
| Lubrication | 0.46** | 0.29** | 0.23* | 0.35** | 0.22* | 0.43** |
| Orgasm | 0.61** | 0.31** | 0.33** | 0.45** | 0.33** | 0.34** |
| Satisfaction | 0.32** | 0.38** | 0.40** | 0.56** | 0.34** | 0.33** |
| Pain | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.38** | 0.42** | 0.48** | 0.25* |
| Total score | 0.51** | 0.35** | 0.35** | 0.51** | 0.34** | 0.51** |
| Clinical measures | ||||||
| BMI | −0.11 | −0.05 | −0.10 | −0.03 | 0.00 | −0.01 |
| Pelvic floor tone | −0.10 | 0.03 | −0.09 | −0.08 | −0.11 | −0.04 |
| POP-Q | −0.13 | −0.00 | 0.26 | 0.04 | −0.34** | −0.06 |
| Oxford Grading Scale | 0.26** | −0.04 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.20* | 0.13 |
For POP-Q and the Oxford Grading Scale, Spearman’s rank-sum correlations were computed; all other correlations were assessed with Pearson correlations (values >0.50 in bold)
BMI body mass index, POP-Q Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification system
* p < .05, ** p < .005.
a Higher scores indicate better QoL
b KHQ analysis limited to women with urinary incontinence only, higher scores indicate worse QoL
c Higher scores indicate better sexual function