Improving Women's Health by Using an Electronic Pelvic Floor Questionnaire

University of Wisconsin, Madison284 enrolled

Overview

The overall goal of this study is to test whether an electronic pelvic floor questionnaire (e-PAQ-PF) will increase discussion rates of incontinence in a primary care setting.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

284

Conditions

Urinary Incontinence Fecal Incontinence Pelvic Floor Disorders

Interventions

e-PAQ-PFOTHER

Participants will fill out the e-PAQ-PF prior to their clinic visit. The e-PAQ-PF has 4 dimensions (urinary, bowel, vaginal, sexual) and asks about symptoms severity, bother of symptoms, and impact on quality of life. A copy of the results will be given to their clinician and the participant.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 40 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Woman * Aged 40 and older * Scheduled for a well visit at the Women's Health Internal Medicine West Clinic Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to speak English * Unable to fill out questionnaire * Excluded by patient's clinician prior to recruitment

Locations (1)

UW Health Women's Health Internal Medicine West

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Mention of urinary incontinence in the clinic visit note

Secondary Outcomes

Mention of fecal incontinence in the clinic visit note

Participant report of urinary discussion

Time frame: same day (within one week of appointment)

Participant report of fecal incontinence discussion

Time frame: same day (within one week of appointment)

MD/NP initiated urinary incontinence discussion (per participant report)

MD/NP initiate discussion of Fecal incontinence per participant report

Urinary Incontinence History Score (Assessed from Clinic Note)

Fecal Incontinence History Score (Assessed from Clinic Note)

Urinary Incontinence Assessment and Treatment Score (from Clinic Note)

Fecal Incontinence Assessment & Treatment Score (from Clinic Note)

Any Urinary Incontinence Treatment or Referral (per clinic note)

Any treatment or referral for fecal incontinence? (per clinic note)

Diagnostic code given - Urinary incontinence

Diagnostic code given - fecal incontinence

Urinary incontinence detected

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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