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Table 2 Comparison of the assessed questionnaires before and after the intervention among the three studied groups

From: Pelvic floor rehabilitation in the treatment of mixed urinary incontinence among women

Questionnaire

Group I

Test of sig.

p

Group II

Test of sig.

p

Group III

Test of sig.

p

Before intervention

After intervention

Before intervention

After intervention

Before intervention

After intervention

QUID (SUI)

 Min.–Max.

4–15

0–15

Z = − 3.5

≤ 0.0001*

4–15

0–15

Z = − 3.6

≤ 0.0001*

5–15

0–15

Z = − 3.74

≤ 0.0001*

 Mean ± SD

9.7 ± 3.87

5.39 ± 4.4

9 ± 2.67

4.59 ± 4.2

10.3 ± 3

5.2 ± 5

 Median

9

4

9

3

10

3

 Percentage of improvement 43.6%

  

52.4%

  

51.3%

  

QUID (UUI)

 Min.–Max.

6–15

0-15

Z = − 3.7

≤ 0.0001*

6–15

0–15

Z = − 3.7

≤ 0.0001*

7–15

0–15

Z = − 3.64

≤ 0.0001*

 Mean ± SD

11.1 ± 2.96

5.7 ± 4.1

12 ± 2.81

5.9 ± 4.5

12.4 ± 2.38

6.13 ± 4.98

 Median

12

4

12

3.5

12

3

 Percentage of improvement 47.8%

  

52.2%

  

49%

  

QUID (Total)

 Min.–Max.

10–30

2–27

Z = − 3.7

≤ 0.0001*

15–30

0–30

Z = − 3.8

≤ 0.0001*

17–30

2–30

Z = − 3.7

≤ 0.0001*

 Mean ± SD

20.9 ±5.6

11.1 ± 8

21 ± 4.1

10.5 ± 8.5

22.7 ± 4

11.3 ± 9.7

 Median

22

8

19.5

6

24

6

 Percentage of improvement 45.7%

  

52%

  

50.7%

  

Global PFQ

 Min.–Max.

4–21.7

0.67-23.73

Z = − 3.4

0.001*

4.1–22.8

1-23.86

Z = 3.8

≤ 0.0001*

4.5–23.2

0.52–26.1

Z = − 3.28

0.001*

 Mean ± SD

14.5± 5.3

11.3 ±6.5

14.2 ± 5.7

11 ± 6.3

14.1 ± 6

10.8 ± 7.6

 Median

15.7

11.9

15

11.2

13.8

10.6

 Percentage of improvement 28.1%

  

24.6%

  

28%

  

ICIQ-UI-SF

 Min.–Max.

7-23

0-22

Z = − 3.6

≤ 0.0001*

9–21

0–19

Z = 4.18

≤ 0.0001*

9–21

2–21

Z = − 3.88

≤ 0.0001*

 Mean ± SD

9.7 ± 3.87

8.8±6.54

15.2 ± 3.6

8.8 ± 5.3

14 ± 3.6

7.8 ± 5.7

 Median

9

6

14.5

9

13

6

 Percentage of improvement41.2%

  

43.4%

  

46.5%

  

24-h leaking episodes

 Min.–Max.

2–8

0–7

Z = − 3.6

≤ 0.0001*

3–7

0–7

Z = − 3.4

0.001*

2–8

0–6

Z = − 3.86

≤ 0.0001*

 Mean ± SD

4.3 ± 1.7

1.9 ± 2.1

4.18 ± 1.2

2 ± 1.9

4.3 ± 1.6

1.8 ± 1.97

 Median

4

1

4

1

4

1

 Percentage of improvement 54.2%

  

58.3%

  

66.4%

  
  1. QUID Questionnaire for female Urinary Incontinence Diagnosis, SUI stress urinary incontinence, UUI urge urinary incontinence, PFQ pelvic floor questionnaire, ICIQ-UI-SF International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence-Short Form, Min. minimum, Max. maximum, n number of patients, SD for standard deviation
  2. Z and p values for the Wilcoxon signed-rank test for comparing two related samples
  3. *Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05
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