Table 1.

Cross-tabulation of patients’ and surgeons’ answers to the question “Have you/has the patient had a previous POP operation?” (n = 4629)

		Has the surgeon reported a previous POP operation?a				Total
		No patient history available	Confirmed a previous POP operation	Dismissed a previous POP operationf	Did not answerc
Has the patient reported a previous POP operation?b	Did not answerc	24e	534	29	12e	599
	Confirmed a previous gynaecological operation	7	376	44	11	438
	Rejected a previous POP operation	2	48	5	0	55
	No previous answers registered in GynOp	0	85	3	2	90
	Confirmed a previous POP operation	38	3215	138f	56	3,447
Total		71	4258	219	81	4,629d

GynOp = Swedish National Quality Register for Gynaecological Surgery; POP = pelvic organ prolapse

^aSurgeons’ answers (4629–81 = 4548) regarding previous operation (4258) yielded a correct classification of patients (by the surgeons alone) of 93%

^bThe patients’ answers (4629−599 = 4030) regarding previous operations (3447) yielded a correct classification of patients (by the patients alone) of 85.6%

^cPatients answered the question in 4030 of 4629 cases (87.1%)

^dIn total, the patients and surgeons answered the question correctly in 97% of cases

^eIn 0.8% of cases, neither the patient nor the surgeon answered the question

^fDoctors dismissed a previous POP operation in 5.8% of cases. Of those, 138 (63%) were reported by the patients as recurrent operations (i.e., as previous POP operation)