<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Aim.</bold> The aim of the study was to evaluate the quality of life of women with pelvic organ prolapse during the postmenopausal period.<bold>Material and methodology.</bold> The study group consisted of 45 patients of the Department of Gynecology and Oncology at the University Hospital in Cracow The study was conducted as a diagnostic survey using the following survey techniques: author's questionnaire and the Short Form of Health Status Questionnaire (SF-36v2).<bold>Results.</bold> The results showed that the respondents rated their quality of life as lower than the norm set by the authors of the SF-36v2 questionnaire. A statistically significant (p&lt;0.05) correlation between the age of the subjects and the quality of life was found.<bold>Conclusions.</bold> The quality of life of the women with the pelvic organ prolapse was low. The reason of the subjective assessment of quality of life was age. The most common symptom associated with pelvic organ prolapse was feeling the urge to urinate.</abstract>

Aim. The aim of the study was to evaluate the quality of life of women with pelvic organ prolapse during the postmenopausal period.Material and methodology. The study group consisted of 45 patients of the Department of Gynecology and Oncology at the University Hospital in Cracow The study was conducted as a diagnostic survey using the following survey techniques: author's questionnaire and the Short Form of Health Status Questionnaire (SF-36v2).Results. The results showed that the respondents rated their quality of life as lower than the norm set by the authors of the SF-36v2 questionnaire. A statistically significant (p<0.05) correlation between the age of the subjects and the quality of life was found.Conclusions. The quality of life of the women with the pelvic organ prolapse was low. The reason of the subjective assessment of quality of life was age. The most common symptom associated with pelvic organ prolapse was feeling the urge to urinate.

Quality of life of women with postmenopausal pelvic organ prolapse

Department of Nursing and Obstetrics, Faculty of Health Sciences

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Aim. The aim of the study was to evaluate the quality of life of women with pelvic organ prolapse during the postmenopausal period.Material and methodology....

Quality of life of women with postmenopausal pelvic organ prolapse

Published Online: Mar 24, 2018

Page range: 17 - 23

Received: Nov 16, 2017

Accepted: Jan 11, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pielxxiw-2017-0031

Keywords
pelvic organ prolapse, menopause, quality of life

© 2017 Julia Nawrot et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Quality of life of women with postmenopausal pelvic organ prolapse

Published Online: Mar 24, 2018

Page range: 17 - 23

Received: Nov 16, 2017

Accepted: Jan 11, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pielxxiw-2017-0031

Keywordspelvic organ prolapse, menopause, quality of life

© 2017 Julia Nawrot et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
pelvic organ prolapse, menopause, quality of life