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Statistics summarizing responsiveness varied from 0.4 to 0.8 and were associated with a 2% to 13% change in the I-QOL. Minimally important changes were defined as the percent change in I-QOL score for the improved group using the measures of pad weight and number of incontinent episodes and lowest category of improvement for patient global impression ratings.<ref name="Patrick" /> | |||
=== Miscellaneous<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 20px"></span><br> === | === Miscellaneous<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 20px"></span><br> === |
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Objective
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Intended Population
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Women with urinary incontinence.[1]
Method of Use[edit | edit source]
The IQOL has 22 questions with the following 3 subscales: avoid and limiting behaviors (items), psychosocial impacts (9 items), and social embarassment (5 items). It is easily self-administered and takes about 5 minutes to complete.[1]
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Responsiveness[edit | edit source]
Statistics summarizing responsiveness varied from 0.4 to 0.8 and were associated with a 2% to 13% change in the I-QOL. Minimally important changes were defined as the percent change in I-QOL score for the improved group using the measures of pad weight and number of incontinent episodes and lowest category of improvement for patient global impression ratings.[1]
Miscellaneous
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The IQOL is available in 16 different languages.[1]
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