@article{Pham_Patel_Mungovan_2022, title={Pad Weight, Pad Number and Incontinence-Related Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Radical Prostatectomy}, volume={3}, url={https://siuj.org/index.php/siuj/article/view/182}, DOI={10.48083/10.48083/TIWQ1657}, abstractNote={<p>Objectives: To evaluate the correlation between 3- and 6-week postoperative 24-hour pad weight, daily pad number,<br>and the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaires for Male Lower Urinary Tract (ICIQ-MLUTS),<br>ICIQ-Short Form (ICIQ-SF) and UCLA Prostate Cancer Index (UCLA-PCI) in patients undergoing robotic-assisted<br>radical prostatectomy (RARP).<br>Methods: This prospective study included patients undergoing RARP between February and November 2019.<br>Patients completed a 24-hour pad test, assessing pad weight and number, and 3 validated patient-reported outcome<br>measures (PROMs); the ICIQ-MLUTS, ICIQ-SF and UCLA-PCI, preoperatively and at 3 and 6 weeks postoperatively.<br>Results: A total of 47 patients were included in the study. There was a strong correlation between 24-hour pad<br>weight and the ICIQ-SF at 3 weeks (r = 0.71, P &lt; 0.001) and 6 weeks (r = 0.68, P &lt; 0.001). There was a strong correlation<br>between 24-hour pad weight and ICIQ-MLUTS incontinence (r = 0.80, P &lt; 0.01) and incontinence QoL burden (r =<br>0.79, P &lt; 0.01) at 6 weeks. There was a moderate correlation between the 24-hour pad weight and UCLA-PCI urinary<br>function (r = 0.58, P &lt; 0.001) and urinary QoL burden (r = 0.66, P &lt; 0.001) at 6 weeks. The correlation between pad<br>number and 24-hour pad weight was weak at 6 weeks (r = 0.34, P &lt; 0.001).<br>Conclusion: PROMs may be used as a substitute for the 24-hour pad weight test for post-prostatectomy incontinence<br>(PPI) assessments in the early post-RARP period. The ICIQ-SF and UCLA-PCI urinary function and QoL scores<br>correlate with 24-hour pad weight. However, the ICIQ-MLUTS incontinence and QoL scores provide the strongest<br>correlation with PPI.</p&gt;}, number={3}, journal={Société Internationale d’Urologie Journal}, author={Pham, Cecile T. and Patel, Manish I. and Mungovan, Sean F.}, year={2022}, month={May}, pages={124-130} }