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. 2018 Aug 24;10:477–486. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S169504

Table 4.

PFDI-20 questionnaire outcomes comparing adolescents, late adolescents, and young women, according to mode of delivery, Brazilian Western Amazon, 2016–2017

Vaginal delivery
Cesarean delivery
No N (%) Yes N (%) PR (95% CI)* P-value* No N (%) Yes N (%) PR (95% CI)* P-value*
POPDI score
 Young women 30 (61.2) 19 (38.8) Reference 54 (58.7) 38 (41.3) Reference
 Late adolescents 27 (61.4) 17 (38.6) 1.00 (0.60–1.67) 0.989 25 (42.4) 34 (57.6) 1.40 (1.00–1.94) 0.047
 Adolescents 9 (42.9) 12 (57.1) 1.47 (0.88–2.46) 0.139 2 (11.1) 16 (88.9) 2.15 (1.60–2.89) <0.001
CRADI score
 Young women 32 (65.3) 17 (34.7) Reference 59 (64.1) 33 (35.9) Reference
 Late adolescents 26 (59.1) 18 (40.9) 1.18 (0.70–1.99) 0.539 30 (50.9) 29 (49.1) 1.37 (0.94–2.00) 0.102
 Adolescents 12 (57.1) 9 (42.9) 1.24 (0.66–2.32) 0.510 8 (44.4) 10 (55.6) 1.55 (0.94–2.55) 0.084
UDI score
 Young women 33 (67.4) 16 (32.6) Reference 58 (63.0) 34 (37.0) Reference
 Late adolescents 30 (68.2) 14 (31.8) 0.97 (0.54–1.76) 0.932 31 (52.5) 28 (47.5) 1.28 (0.88–1.88) 0.197
 Adolescents 10 (47.6) 11 (52.4) 1.60 (0.90–2.85) 0.107 3 (16.7) 15 (83.3) 2.25 (1.61–3.16) <0.001
PFDI total score
 Young women 28 (57.1) 21 (42.9) Reference 56 (60.9) 36 (39.1) Reference
 Late adolescents 23 (52.3) 21 (47.7) 1.11 (0.71–1.75) 0.639 27 (45.8) 32 (54.2) 1.39 (0.98–1.96) 0.065
 Adolescents 8 (38.1) 13 (61.9) 1.44 (0.90–2.30) 0.124 2 (11.1) 16 (88.9) 2.27 (1.68–3.08) <0.001
UI
 Young women 33 (67.4) 16 (32.6) Reference 67 (72.8) 25 (27.2) Reference
 Late adolescents 27 (61.4) 17 (38.6) 1.18 (0.68–2.05) 0.549 39 (66.1) 20 (33.9) 1.25 (0.76–2.04) 0.377
 Adolescents 10 (47.6) 11 (52.4) 1.60 (0.90–2.85) 0.107 9 (50.0) 9 (50.0) 1.84 (1.04–3.26) 0.037
UUI
 Young women 35 (71.4) 14 (28.6) Reference 79 (85.9) 13 (14.1) Reference
 Late adolescents 36 (81.8) 8 (18.2) 0.64 (0.29–1.38) 0.250 47 (79.7) 12 (20.3) 1.44 (0.70–2.94) 0.318
 Adolescents 14 (66.7) 7 (33.3) 1.17 (0.55–2.48) 0.688 12 (66.7) 6 (33.3) 2.36 (1.03–5.40) 0.042
SUI
 Young women 40 (81.6) 9 (18.4) Reference 74 (80.4) 18 (19.6) Reference
 Late adolescents 37 (84.1) 7 (15.9) 0.87 (0.35–2.14) 0.755 47 (79.7) 12 (20.3) 1.04 (0.54–2.00) 0.908
 Adolescents 15 (71.4) 6 (28.6) 1.56 (0.63–3.83) 0.337 11 (61.1) 7 (38.9) 1.99 (0.97–4.06) 0.059
FI
 Young women 48 (98.0) 1 (2.0) Reference 87 (94.6) 5 (5.4) Reference
 Late adolescents 44 (100) 0 NA NA 53 (89.8) 6 (10.2) 1.87 (0.60–5.88) 0.283
 Adolescents 17 (80.9) 4 (19.1) 9.33 (1.10–79.32) 0.041 14 (77.8) 4 (22.2) 4.09 (1.21–13.81) 0.023
POP
 Young women 46 (93.9) 3 (6.1) Reference 89 (96.7) 3 (3.3) Reference
 Late adolescents 41 (93.2) 3 (6.8) 1.11 (0.24–5.27) 0.892 56 (94.9) 3 (5.1) 1.56 (0.32–7.50) 0.579
 Adolescents 20 (95.2) 1 (4.8) 0.78 (0.08–7.12) 0.824 17 (94.4) 1 (5.6) 1.70 (0.19–15.57) 0.637

Note:

*

Poisson Regression model with robust variance.

Abbreviations: PFDI-20, Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory-20; PR, prevalence ratio; POPDI, Pelvic Organ Prolapse Distress Inventory; CRADI, Colorectal Anal Distress Inventory; NA, not applicable, as no case was detected for this category; UDI, Urinary Distress Inventory; PFDI, Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory; UI, urinary incontinence; UUI, urge urinary incontinence; SUI, stress urinary incontinence; FI, fecal incontinence; POP, pelvic organ prolapse.