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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int Urogynecol J. 2016 Feb 12;27(9):1409–1414. doi: 10.1007/s00192-016-2962-3

Table 2.

Rate of pelvic floor symptoms by cancer type, based on the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist

Pelvic floor symptom Questionnaire response All, n (%) Uterine, n (%) Ovarian, n (%) Cervical, n (%) Vulvar/vaginal, n (%) p value
Any urinary incontinence Never 87 (59.6) 58 (62.4) 13 (48.1) 11 (64.7) 5 (55.6) 0.51
Once a week 15 (10.3) 12 (12.9) 3 (11.1) 0 (0) 0 (0)
2–3 times/week 19 (13.0) 8 (8.6) 7 (25.9) 4 (23.5) 0 (0)
Once a day 14 (9.6) 9 (9.7) 2 (7.4) 1 (5.9) 2 (22.2)
Several times a day 9 (6.2) 4 (4.3) 2 (7.4) 1 (5.9) 2 (22.2)
All the time 2 (1.4) 2 (2.2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Stress urinary incontinence Yes 46 (74.2) 27 (77.1) 11 (78.6) 4 (50.0) 4 (80.0) 0.62
No 16 (25.8) 8 (22.9) 3 (27.3) 4 (50.0) 1 (20.0)
Urge urinary incontinence Yes 38 (67.9) 23 (67.6) 10 (71.4) 3 (60.0) 2 (66.7) 0.74
No 18 (32.1) 11 (32.4) 4 (28.6) 2 (40.0) 1 (33.3)
Abdominal pain Not at all 79 (53.4) 54 (56.8 ) 14 (51.9) 5 (2.9) 6 (66.7) 0.17
A little 44 (29.7) 31 (32.6) 3 (11.1) 7 (41.2) 3 (33.3)
Quite a bit 13 (8.8) 5 (5.3) 5 (18.5) 3 (17.6) 0 (0)
Very much 12 (8.1) 5 (5.3) 5 (18.5) 2 (11.8) 0 (0)
Constipation Not at all 85 (57.4) 60 (63.2 13 (48.1) 7 (41.2) 5 (55.6) 0.20
A little 43 (29.1) 25 (26.3) 9 (33.3) 7 (41.2) 2 (22.2)
Quite a bit 12 (8.1) 6 (6.3) 4 (14.8) 0 (0) 2 (22.2)
Very much 8 (5.4) 4 (4.2) 1 (3.7) 3 (17.6) 0 (0)
Diarrhea Not at all 118 (79.7) 76 (80.0) 21 (77.8) 15 (88.2) 6 (66.7) 0.82
A little 24 (16.2) 17 (17.9) 3 (11.1) 1 (5.9) 3 (33.3)
Quite a bit 1 (0.7) 0 (0) 1 (3.7) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Very much 5 (3.4) 2 (2.1) 2 (7.4) 1 (5.9) 0 (0)
Fecal incontinence Yes 5 (3.4) 3 (3.2) 1 (3.7) 1 (5.9) 0 (0) 0.27
No 142 (96.6) 91 (96.8) 26 (96.3) 16 (94.1) 9 (100)

All analyses performed using the Kruskal–Wallis test