Abstract
Objective
To compare the utility of generic health quality of life (QOL) and condition specific
indicators as patient reported outcomes measures for urethral stricture surgery.
Materials and Methods
Patient data were obtained from the Trauma and Urologic Reconstructive Network of
Surgeons collaborative database. Patients who underwent any successful urethroplasty
and completed both pre- and postoperative generic and condition-specific questionnaires
were included.
Results
A total of 201 patients met inclusion criteria. Urethral-stricture specific measures
improved after surgery: mean LUTS score (13.1-4.0, p<0.05), Peeling curve (3.1-1.7,
p < 0.05), and overall interference of urinary symptoms on life (3.0-1.6, p < 0.05).
Mean overall health status visual analog scale (74.2-80.0, p < 0.05) and generic health
QOL EQ-5D index scores (0.90-0.95, p < 0.05) also improved; however, individual EQ-5D
measures assessing mobility, self-care, and activity level did not change. EQ-5D measures
for pain/discomfort (1.48-1.23, p < 0.05) and anxiety/depression (1.33-1.21, p < 0.05)
improved, but not to the same extent as stricture-specific measures. More patients
reported improvement in condition-specific urethra/penis pain and bladder pain compared
to improvement in generic EQ-5D pain/discomfort (p < 0.001).
Conclusion
Generic health QOL indicators are less meaningful in the assessment of urethral stricture
surgery and should be replaced with condition-specific outcomes measures. It is important
to ensure that appropriate condition-specific outcomes measures are utilized as patient
reported outcomes measures become more prevalent in medicine and potentially become
utilized to evaluate surgeon outcomes and determine surgeon reimbursement.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: December 20, 2018
Accepted:
December 11,
2018
Received:
November 15,
2018
Footnotes
Funding Support: None.
Disclosures: None.
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