Table 1.
Treatment options presented in online content distributed by source
| Treatment | Source | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube | P value | |||||
| Conservative | ||||||
| Pessary, n (%) | 11 (36.7) | 22 (73.3) | 1 (3.3) | 0 | 11 (36.7) | < 0.001* |
| Pelvic floor exercises, n (%) | 18 (60.0) | 25 (83.3) | 27 (90.0) | 1 (3.3) | 16 (53.3) | < 0.001* |
| Surgical | ||||||
| Route, n (%) | ||||||
| Vaginal | 9 (30.0) | 18 (60.0) | 0 | 0 | 8 (26.7) | < 0.001* |
| Abdominal | 4 (13.3) | 16 (53.3) | 0 | 0 | 12 (40.0) | < 0.001* |
| Robotic-assisted surgery, n (%) | 3 (10.0) | 10 (33.3) | 0 | 0 | 8 (26.7) | < 0.001* |
| Laparoscopic surgery, n (%) | 3 (10.0) | 15 (50.0) | 0 | 0 | 11 (36.7) | < 0.001* |
| Native-tissue vaginal, n (%) | 0 | 7 (23.3) | 0 | 0 | 7 (23.3) | < 0.001* |
| Native-tissue abdominal, n (%) | 0 | 4 (13.3) | 0 | 0 | 7 (23.3) | < 0.001* |
| Mesh-augmented surgery, n (%) | 9 (30.0) | 14 (46.7) | 0 | 0 | 6 (20.0) | < 0.001* |
| Uterine sparing technique, n (%) | 4 (13.3) | 10 (33.3) | 0 | 0 | 11 (36.7) | < 0.001* |
| Sacrocolpopexy, n (%) | 3 (10.0) | 11 (36.7) | 0 | 0 | 7 (23.3) | < 0.001* |
| Colpocleisis, n (%) | 0 | 15 (50.0) | 0 | 0 | 3 (10.0) | < 0.001* |
| Colporrhaphy, n (%) | 3 (10.0) | 15 (50.0) | 0 | 0 | 6 (20.0) | < 0.001* |
*Sig. p < 0.05