Evaluating a new patient-reported outcome questionnaire to assess the outcomes of prolapse, incontinence and mesh complication surgery as part of the APPRAISE Study

Summary

Different surgical treatments are available to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). One of these treatments uses mesh which for some has led to complications requiring further corrective surgery. This research is being carried out to help develop a new patient-reported outcome questionnaire for women who have had surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP), stress urinary incontinence (SUI), and/or mesh complications.

The new questionnaire will support women to report the effects of pelvic floor surgery on their quality of life, and will provide a way that surgery outcomes, risks and benefits can be measured and compared. The questions have been developed following interviews with women who have had surgery for POP, SUI and/or mesh complications, and now would like to test this questionnaire (v2) to see how well it works at measuring long-term outcomes of surgery.

You can take part if (1) you have had surgery for either pelvic organ prolapse, stress urinary incontinence and/or mesh complications, (2) your last surgery was between 6 months and 14 years ago, and (3) you are aged 16 years or older.