Keywords
menopause
quality of life
Abstract
QUALITY OF LIFE OF WOMEN WITH POSTMENOPAUSAL PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE
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.
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