Rolina Dhital|Keiko Otsuka|Krishna C. Poudel|Junko Yasuoka|Ganesh Dangal|Masamine Jimba
Improved quality of life after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse in Nepalese women
The University of Tokyo|The University of Tokyo|University of Massachusetts Amherst|The University of Tokyo|The University of Tokyo
pelvic organ prolapse pop common gynecological condition affect quality life qol women nepal prevalence pop high many affected women still deprived treatment vaginal hysterectomy pelvic floor repair one common treatment options advanced pop however qol outcomes surgery reported lowincome countries thus aimed examine changes qol among nepalese women pop surgerythis longitudinal study conducted selected central peripheral hospitals nepal vaginal hysterectomy performed free cost pop baseline study first measured qol domains physical psychological social relationships environment among 252 women advanced pop followup data collected six weeks three months surgery among 177 women available six weeks postsurgery 166 participated followup study three months postsurgery evaluate qol baseline 142 women history pop included comparison groupthe mean scores across qol domains improved baseline 3 months surgery baseline score physical domain increased 112 128 six weeks 135 three months postsurgery p 0001 psychological domain score increased 116 131 six weeks 138 three months postsurgery p 0001 social relationships domain score increased 136 144 six weeks 150 three months postsurgery p 0001 environmental domain score increased 129 139 six weeks 140 three months postsurgery p 0001qol progressively improved among women undergoing surgery pop surgical services need scaled treatment advanced pop lowincome countries