Table 2.

Disease-specific quality of life domain scores in both groups

	Baseline			12 months
	Pessary group (N = 70)	Surgery group (N = 33)	p value	Pessary group (N = 60)	Surgery group (N = 26)	p value
Urogenital Distress Inventorya
Overactive bladder	11.1 (0–44)	22.2 (0–58)	0.02	0.0 (0–33)	5.6 (0–56)	0.56
Incontinence	16.1 (0–44)	24.2 (0–73)	0.16	16.7 (0–35)	33.3 (0–50)	0.96
Obstructive micturition	0.0 (0–65)	16.7 (0–70)	0.02	0.0 (0–35)	0.0 (0–33)	0.39
Pain/discomfort	16.4 (0–63)	33.1 (0–70)	<0.01	0.0 (0–33)	0.0 (0–33)	0.74
Prolapse	33.3 (0–98)	33.3 (0–86)	0.64	0.0 (0–33)	0.0 (0–0)	<0.01
Recurrent bladder infections, n (%)
Never	29 (41)	12 (36)	0.16	24 (40)	12 (46)	0.42
Once	4 (6)	7 (21)		2 (3)	3 (12)
2 to 4 times	4 (6)	3 (9)		5 (8)	1 (4)
> 4 times	1 (1)	0 (0)		1 (2)	0 (0)
Defecatory Distress Inventorya
Constipation	0.0 (0–23)	0.0 (0–47)	0.09	0.0 (0–17)	0.0 (0–55)	0.69
Obstructive defecation	0.0 (0–20)	8.3 (0–57)	0.28	0.0 (0–18)	0.0 (0–33)	0.21
Pain/discomfort	0.0 (0–33)	0.0 (0–17)	0.85	0.0 (0–33)	0.0 (0–22)	0.25
Incontinence	0.0 (0–17)	0 (0–17)	0.58	0.0 (0–33)	0.0 (0–0)	0.20
Incontinence flatus	0.0 (0–67)	33.3 (0–67)	0.09	0.0 (0–33)	33.3 (0–67)	0.18
Incontinence Impact Questionnaireb
Physical	0.0 (0–48)	0.0 (0–50)	0.50	0.0 (0–33)	0.0 (0–13)	0.07
Mobility	11.1 (0–44)	16.7 (0–56)	0.26	0.0 (0–33)	0 (0–31)	0.71
Social	0.0 (0–22)	11.1 (0–44)	<0.01	0.0 (0–11)	0.0 (0–9)	0.86
Shame	0.0 (0–32)	0.0 (0–33)	0.23	0.0 (0–22)	0.0 (0–17)	0.99
Emotional	5.5 (0–43)	11.1 (0–67)	0.24	0.0 (0–37)	0.0 (0–11)	0.31
Sexuality, n/N (%)
Sexual intercourse	42/64 (66)	25/32 (78)	0.21	35/53 (68)	21/27 (82)	0.21

The data presented are median scores (10th to 90th percentile) except as otherwise indicated

^a 0 not bothersome, 100 most bothersome

^b 0 best quality of life, 100 worst quality of life