Evaluation of patient reported outcome measures post urethroplasty:Piloting a“Trifecta”approach

• 作者: Catriona Duncan Devang J Desai Matthew McGrail Michelle Ong
• 来源期刊: 世界临床泌尿杂志
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: URETHROPLASTY Patient reported outcome measures SATISFACTION Quality of life
• 年，卷（期）: sjlcmnzz_2020,（1）
• 页码范围: 9-15
• 页数: 7页
• 分类号: R71

摘要

BACKGROUND Buccal mucosal graft urethroplasty is the gold standard treatment for urethral stricture disease.Toowoomba has obtained a fellowship trained urethroplasty surgeon who has been performing urethroplasties for the last two years.Patient reported outcome measure(PROM)questionnaires allow for a detailed and standardized analysis of success and morbidity post urethroplasty and can be used as a reference point against which urethral surgeons can benchmark their performance.AIM To assess whether patient compliance rates improved with the use of an abridged PROM questionnaire.METHODS Our database of urethroplasty patients was searched to identify patients who had completed the original PROM.This is routinely requested to be completed at the 3-,6-and 12-mo mark.All patients are asked to complete the questionnaire and to bring it back to their next appointment.Our original PROM consists of the international prostate symptom score,the sexual health index measure and the Global Response Assessment.An abridged version of the questionnaire was derived focusing on urinary flow,sexual function and overall quality of life and consisted of three questions.RESULTS Sixty-six patients were included in our study.Fifty-four patients had been invited to complete the original PROM with an overall compliance rate of 30%.Compliance rates improved to 91%with the introduction of the modified PROM.No correlation between non-compliance and patient factors were found.There was also no significant difference in patient reported quality of life when comparing urinary flow and sexual function.CONCLUSION We recommend the use of PROMs pre-and post-operatively to accurately determine the level of patient satisfaction.We acknowledge the aversion of patients in completing PROMs due to the length of these questionnaires.We propose a simplistic version aimed at the“Trifecta”of urethroplasty comprising of three questions focusing each on urinary flow,sexual function and quality of life.Our modified PROM demonstrated markedly improved complia