Table 2: Comparison between Groups at 3 Months after Surgery.
(1) Bladder urine volume (%) after the stress test (bladder urine volume before the stress test as 100%) and average SD.
| Comparison at 3 months after surgery | p-value |
Intervention (n=30) | Control (n=33) |
Median (IQR) |
EPIC | Summary score |
Urinary | 84.7 (73.7-97.8) | 75.7 (63.8-97.2) | .01 |
Bowel | 100.0 (92.3-97.5) | 100.0 (94.6-98.5) | .31 |
Sexual | 28.9 (19.2-32.7) | 26.9 (19.2-34.6) | .13 |
Hormonal | 93.2 (79.1-94.6) | 94.8 (79.5-98.4) | .25 |
Subscale |
Urinary function | 76.8 (53.2-95) | 71.8 (50.2-93) | .01 |
Urinary bother | 85.7 (75-92.7) | 78.5 (71.4-94.4) | .02 |
Urinary incontinence | 66.7 (39.5-87.5) | 53.7 (22.8-70.8) | .02 |
Urinary irritative/Obstructive | 96.4 (78.5-92.1) | 94.8 (82.1-93.1) | .21 |
Bowel function | 100.0 (96.4-97.8) | 100.0 (82.9-98.9) | .57 |
Bowel bother | 100.0 (96.4-97.8) | 100.0 (96.4-94.5) | .61 |
Sexual function | 2.8 (0-12) | 5.5 (0-16.7) | .09 |
Hormonal function | 85.0 (60-98.4) | 85.0 (55-97.1) | .45 |
Hormonal bother | 100.0 (87.5-98.7) | 100.0 (91.7-98.4) | .25 |
(1) Stress test | | 93.87 (4.83) | 81.07 (9.41) | .01 |
FACT-G | Summary score | 96.0 (48-85) | 66.0 (45-85) | .03 |
subscale |
Physical well-being | 19.0 (9-26) | 18.0 (10-22) | .04 |
Social/family well-being | 21.0 (10-26) | 19.0 (9-25) | .08 |
Emotional well-being | 17.0 (10-25) | 15.0 (9-24) | .02 |
Functional well-being | 18.0 (9-22) | 15.0 (9-23) | .01 |