European Psychometric Validation of the CONTILIFE®: A Quality of Life Questionnaire for Urinary Incontinence

Negative impact of urinary incontinence on quality of life, a cross‐sectional study among women aged 49–61 years enrolled in the GAZEL cohort

“…We used the Contilife questionnaire because it is a speci¢c instrument for assessing QoL in relation to urinary symptoms and it is validated in French [Amarenco et al, 2003]. Versions in French and four other European languages (Dutch, German, English, and Danish) have been developed and validated in clinical populations.…”

“…The NHP questionnaire and the Contilife (one question for each dimension) are given in the appendix. The complete Contilife can be found in the article by Amarenco et al [2003] about its validation.…”

Comparação da qualidade de vida nos diferentes tipos de incontinência urinária feminina

“…Although UI is not part of the physiological aging process, its prevalence has increased among older adults 12,13 . UI is a significant health problem in modern society, and it affects more than 50 million people worldwide, mainly women 12 , at a rate of 2 women for every man 14 .…”

“…UI is a significant health problem in modern society, and it affects more than 50 million people worldwide, mainly women 12 , at a rate of 2 women for every man 14 . Even though UI prevalence rates vary according to the definition and characteristics of the studies and target populations 15 , it is estimated that 8 to 58% of adult women 1 have symptoms of incontinence 16,17 .…”

The psychometric properties of the PRAFAB‐questionnaire: A brief assessment questionnaire to evaluate severity of urinary incontinence in women

“…Although valid, there is an increasing recognition that objective measures of symptoms alone are poor indicators of the extent of activity limitations, psychosocial impact, and quality of one's individual life. [8][9][10][11][12][13] The impact of UI will be different from patient-to-patient and not necessarily related to the severity of UI (leakage) symptoms. 6,14 In the last decade, a growing number of outcome measures and quality of life questionnaires (QoL) for UI have been developed.…”