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Table 2 Summary of primary outcome (POP-SS) and main secondary outcomes at baseline, 6 months, and 7 months

From: A process for Decision-making after Pilot and feasibility Trials (ADePT): development following a feasibility study of a complex intervention for pelvic organ prolapse

POP-SS score (scores presented as mean (SD) median, range, n)a

Intervention

Control

Baseline

4.57 (3.87)

3.00 (2.20)

3, 2 to 13

3, 1 to 8

n = 7

n = 8

6 months

5.38 (4.72)

8.57 (9.65)

4, 1 to 14

4, 1 to 28

n = 8

n = 7

7 months

15.33 (6.35)

12.67 (9.24)

19, 8 to 19

18, 2 to 18

n = 3

n = 3

Change in POP-Q stage b

n = 6

n = 3

+ 2 stages

0

0

+ 1 stage

2 (33%)

2 (66%)

No change in stage

3 (50%)

1 (33%)

−1 stage

0

0

−2 stages

1 (17%)

0

How do you feel your prolapse is now compared to when your pessary was first inserted?

  

6 months

n = 7

n = 7

Better

5

5

Same

2

1

Worse

0

1

7 months

n = 6

n = 3

Better

3

1

Same

2

1

Worse

1

1

  1. aPOP-SS score: 0 = none, 28 = all symptoms all the time; ba negative value indicates an improvement at 6 months. POP-SS, pelvic organ prolapse symptom score; POP-Q, pelvic organ prolapse quantitation.