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Table 2 Pre- and postoperative continence status

From: Post-radical prostatectomy urinary incontinence: is there any discrepancy between medical reports and patients’ perceptions?

Variables

N

%

Pre-RRP incontinence

 Absent

209

98.6

 Present

1

0.5

 Use of urinary catheter

2

0.9

Post-RRP incontinence at last visit (physician’s report)

 Absent

133

62.7

 Present

58

27.4

 Not informed

21

9.9

Post-RRP incontinence at last visit (patients’ report)

 Absent

56

30.4

 Present

128

69.6

Post-RRP incontinence at phone call

 Absent

114

53,8

 Present

98

46,2

Subjective severity rate of incontinence

 Mild

35

35.7

 Moderate

43

43.9

 Severe

20

20.4

ICIQ – SF at last visit (psysician’s report):

 Mild

26

12,3

 Moderate

112

52,8

 Severe

74

34,9

ICIQ – SF at phone call (patients’ report):

 Mild

2

2

 Moderate

17

17.4

 Severe

79

80.6

  1. RRP Retropubic radical prostatectomy