Table 1.
Median (Md), interquartile range (IQR), mean (M), standard deviation (SD) and p-values of all pre-test measurements
Variables | Dimensions | Group | ||||||||||
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SPC | SPC + MP | |||||||||||
n | Md | IQR | M | SD | n | Md | IQR | M | SD | p-value | ||
Age | 37 | 50.00 | 21.00 | 48.97 | 12.25 | 36 | 50.50 | 20.50 | 51.28 | 14.15 | 0.53 | |
BMI | 37 | 28.36 | 5.64 | 28.63 | 4.69 | 36 | 28.35 | 6.50 | 28.69 | 4.77 | 0.80 | |
SSI | 37 | 13.00 | 7.00 | 12.53 | 4.09 | 36 | 12.25 | 8.00 | 11.45 | 4.54 | 0.34 | |
SII | 37 | 6.00 | 3.00 | 6.60 | 3.11 | 36 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 5.67 | 2.37 | 0.24 | |
RSE | 37 | 20.00 | 10.00 | 20.58 | 6.26 | 36 | 23.00 | 5.25 | 22.44 | 5.15 | 0.16 | |
I-QOL | ALBb | 37 | 56.25 | 37.50 | 51.10 | 23.43 | 36 | 46.88 | 31.25 | 49.83 | 22.05 | 0.72 |
PSb | 37 | 66.67 | 44.44 | 57.28 | 27.83 | 36 | 65.28 | 42.36 | 62.27 | 22.99 | 0.43 | |
SEb | 37 | 30.00 | 45.00 | 32.84 | 26.13 | 36 | 27.50 | 41.25 | 34.17 | 26.66 | 0.84 | |
Totala | 37 | 52.27 | 39.77 | 49.48 | 23.27 | 36 | 49.43 | 33.81 | 51.36 | 21.21 | 0.71 | |
ICIQ-UI sf. | 37 | 13.00 | 8.00 | 12.68 | 4.66 | 34 | 12.50 | 7.00 | 12.18 | 4.75 | 0.59 | |
ICIQ-LUTSqol | Role limitations | 37 | 50.00 | 50.00 | 45.05 | 31.64 | 36 | 41.67 | 33.33 | 48.61 | 28.56 | 0.70 |
Physical limitations | 37 | 50.00 | 33.33 | 50.90 | 24.20 | 36 | 50.00 | 33.33 | 51.85 | 26.06 | 0.99 | |
Social limitations | 37 | 22.22 | 55.56 | 30.93 | 31.00 | 36 | 19.44 | 47.22 | 27.16 | 26.55 | 0.71 | |
Personal relationships | 28 | 33.33 | 83.33 | 38.69 | 36.87 | 32 | 16.67 | 50.00 | 30.21 | 36.28 | 0.31 | |
Emotions | 37 | 33.33 | 44.44 | 44.14 | 32.23 | 36 | 33.33 | 47.22 | 36.73 | 27.71 | 0.36 | |
Sleep/energy | 37 | 33.33 | 33.33 | 42.34 | 26.23 | 36 | 33.33 | 0.00 | 37.04 | 22.22 | 0.30 | |
Severity measures | 37 | 58.33 | 33.33 | 54.73 | 22.44 | 36 | 50.00 | 37.50 | 50.69 | 26.98 | 0.43 | |
Overall scorec | 37 | 38.60 | 34.86 | 45.66 | 21.92 | 36 | 36.16 | 26.46 | 41.17 | 22.05 | 0.36 |
Note: All group comparisons were made using the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test. For the I-QOL totala, higher scores indicate greater quality of life, whereas for its subscalesb, higher scores indicate less ALB, PS and SE. For the ICIQ-LUTSqol overall scorec, higher scores denote increased impact on quality of life
BMI Body Mass Index, SSI Symptom Severity Index, SII Symptom Impact Index, I-QOL Incontinence Quality of Life Questionnaire, ALB Avoidance and Limiting Behaviour, PS Psychosocial Impacts, SE Social Embarrassment, ICIQ-UI sf. Incontinence Quality of Life Questionnaire - Urinary incontinence short form, ICIQ-LUTSqol Incontinence Quality of Life Questionnaire – Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Quality of Life)