Table 3 The 3 groups were statistically compared between and within groups

1-h pad test (Mean,  standard deviation

A

81.83 ± 8.79

73.83 ± 7.26

31.08 ± 5.64

 < 0.01

B

80.57 ± 8.87

74.35 ± 6.52

35.85 ± 5.66

 < 0.01

C

83.55 ± 10.24

78.09 ± 8.60

40.18 ± 7.01

 < 0.01

P value

0.73

0.34

 < 0.01

Incontinence episode  frequency (Mean, standard deviation)

A

9.33 ± 1.07

7.33 ± 0.65

3.25 ± 0.62

 < 0.01

B

8.86 ± 1.09

8.14 ± 0.95

3.79 ± 0.80

 < 0.01

C

9.27 ± 1.10

8.18 ± 0.60

4.09 ± 0.70

 < 0.01

P value

0.48

 < 0.05

 < 0.05

ICIQ-SF score (median, interquartile range)

A

18(18,19)

17(16,17)

7(6,8)

 < 0.01

B

18(18,19)

17(17,17)

8(7,8)

 < 0.01

C

19(18,19)

18(17,18)

8(8,9)

 < 0.01

P value

0.51

0.06

 < 0.05

Oxford Grading Scale (median ,interquartile range)

A

1(0,1)

1(2,2)

4(4,5)

 < 0.01

B

1(0,1)

1(1,2)

4(3,4)

 < 0.01

C

0(0,1)

1(1,2)

3(3,4)

 < 0.01

P value

0.35

 < 0.05

 < 0.05