Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI - 20)

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The PFDI-20 is both a symptom inventory and a measure of the degree of bother and distress (quality-of-life) caused by pelvic floor symptoms.  It is a short-form version of the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory.[1]

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Women with disorders of the pelvic floor including urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and fecal incontinence.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Barber MD, Walters MD, Bump RC. Short forms of two condition-specific quality-of-life questionnaires for women with pelvic floor disorders (PFDI-20 adn PFIQ-7). Am J Obstet Gynecol 2005;193:103-113.

The PFDI-20 includes 20 questions and 3 scales.  Each of the 3 scales is scored from 0 (least distress) to 100 (greatest distress).  The sum of the scores of these 3 scales serves as the overall summary score of the PFDI-20 and ranges from 0 - 300.  The 3 scales include questions taken from the following widely used outcome measure:  Urinary Distress Inventory - 6 questions, Pelvic Organ Prolapse Distress Inventory - 6 questions, and Colorectal-Anal Distress Inventory - 8 questions.[1]

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