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Current use of the pelvic organ prolapse quantification system in clinical practice among Korean obstetrician-gynecologists
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- Issue Date
- 2021-05-18
- Publisher
- BMC
- Citation
- BMC Women's Health. 2021 May 18;21(1):207
- Keywords
- Evaluation ; Pelvic organ prolapse ; Pelvic organ prolapse quantifcation system ; Surgical decision-making
- Abstract
- Background
To assess current use of the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POP-Q) system in clinical practice among Korean obstetrician-gynecologists.
Methods
A web-based questionnaire was sent to 780 Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology members. The items evaluated in the questionnaire were demographic characteristics and current use of the POP-Q system in the evaluation of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and surgical decision-making. Differences between POP-Q users and nonusers were analyzed by using the two-sample t-test and chi-squared test.
Results
One hundred twenty-six members (16%) responded to the survey. Of the respondents, 48% reported using the POP-Q system in the evaluation of POP. Members who were female, urogynecologists, or performed a high volume of prolapse surgery were more likely to use the POP-Q system (p < 0.05). All but one of the POP-Q users reported using the specific criteria to determine whether each compartmental prolapse should be corrected during prolapse surgery. Most respondents used stage 2 or the hymen as a threshold for prolapse to be corrected for all compartments.
Conclusions
Less than half of Korean obstetrician-gynecologists use the POP-Q system in the evaluation of POP. Almost all of POP-Q users make a surgical decision based on the results of the POP-Q examination.
- ISSN
- 1472-6874
- Language
- English
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