Methoden vergleichen

	Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI)	ICIQ Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-SF)
Fachgebiet	Urologie und Gynäkologie	Urologie und Gynäkologie
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	2001	2004
Urheber	Barber et al.	Avery et al.
Typ	Condition-specific quality-of-life questionnaire	Patient-reported outcome measure
Wegweisende Quelle	Barber, M. D., Kuchibhatla, M. N., Pieper, C. F., & Bump, R. C. (2001). Psychometric evaluation of 2 comprehensive condition-specific quality of life instruments for women with pelvic floor disorders. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 185(6), 1388–1395.	Avery, K., Donovan, J., Peters, T. J., Shaw, C., Gotoh, M., & Abrams, P. (2004). ICIQ: a brief and robust measure for evaluating the symptoms and impact of incontinence. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 23(4), 322–330.
Aliasnamen	PFDI, PFDI-20	ICIQ-SF, ICIQ
Verwandt	3	3
Zusammenfassung	The PFDI is a condition-specific quality-of-life measure designed to assess symptom distress across the spectrum of pelvic floor disorders, including urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and fecal incontinence. Originally published by Barber and colleagues in 2001 with 93 items, the 20-item short form (PFDI-20) was later developed to improve clinical feasibility while maintaining measurement precision. It is now the standard outcome measure in pelvic floor disorder research and clinical practice.	The ICIQ-SF is a brief, four-item self-report measure designed to assess the frequency, severity, and impact of urinary incontinence symptoms in both men and women. Developed by Avery and colleagues in 2004, it combines high psychometric utility with practical brevity, making it ideal for routine clinical screening and outcome measurement in primary care, urology, and gynecology settings.