Introduction/Objective. Dysfunctional Voiding and Incontinence Scoring System
(DVISS) was created to help diagnose functional voiding disorders in
children based on their clinical symptoms. However, its role in
prognosticating treatment outcome in dysfunctional voiding (DV) was not
explored. The aim was to analyze the pre-treatment DVISS score's ability to
predict treatment outcomes in a pediatric population with DV was the study's
main objective. Methods. A total of 86 patients were divided into two
groups at random. In addition to standard urotherapy, group A also received
pelvic floor and diaphragmatic breathing exercises, while group B only
received standard urotherapy. Initial and final DVISS scores for the
12-month treatment period were recorded. Both before and after the
treatment, uroflowmetry with pelvic floor electromyography were performed
together with residual urine volumes measurement. The treatment outcome
(non-, partial and full response) was defined according to the objective
improvement in daytime and nighttime wetting, constipation, urinary
infections and uroflowmetry findings. The cut-off values, sensitivity, and
specificity of the pre-treatment DVISS score in predicting non/partial and
full response in group A and B were determined using Receiver Operating
Characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Results. Pre-treatment DVISS score
could not predict full response in both groups (the area under the ROC curve
< 0.50) nor non-/ partial response in A group (p = 0.127). In B group,
sensitivity and specificity of the initial DVISS score (cut-off value 9.5)
in prediction of non-/partial response was 73.1% and 33.3%, respectively (p
= 0.043). Conclusion. DVISS cannot be used in the treatment result
prediction in DV.