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Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life (QoL) of patients with stress incontinence before and after the TOT procedure. Method: The study included 57 patients diagnosed with stress incontinence on the basis of ultrasonography and history. The QoL before and after surgery was measured using the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire (IIQ-7) and the Incontinence Quality of Life (I-QOL) standardised questionnaires. Results: The IIQ-7 scores for each question were higher (indicating poorer quality of life) before surgery than after surgery. The results for almost all domains were statistically significant. The I-QOL results also showed that, in most cases, the quality of patients\u2019 lives improved after the surgery. Statistically significant changes were observed in all three questionnaire domains of avoidance\/limiting behaviour, psychosocial impact, and social embarrassment. Conclusion: Surgical treatment of stress incontinence with TOT results in resolution of bothersome symptoms in the majority of patients, leading to improved comfort in life.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm10194571","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,1]],"date-time":"2021-10-01T10:55:40Z","timestamp":1633085740000},"page":"4571","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["A Prospective Study of the Quality of Life of Patients with Stress Incontinence before and after a Transobturator Tape (TOT) Procedure\u2014Preliminary Report"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0924-6870","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maciej","family":"Zalewski","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Wroc\u0142aw, 50-367 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"},{"name":"Independent Public Health Care Center of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Wroclaw, Department of Gynaecology, 50-233 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gabriela","family":"Ko\u0142ody\u0144ska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiotherapy, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, 51-612 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"},{"name":"Faculty of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences, University of Social and Medical Sciences in Warsaw, 04-367 Warszawa, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7462-3524","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anna","family":"Mucha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Genetics, Wroc\u0142aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Waldemar","family":"Andrzejewski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiotherapy, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, 51-612 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"327","DOI":"10.1016\/S0020-7292(03)00220-0","article-title":"Urinary incontinence as worldwide problem","volume":"82","author":"Minassian","year":"2003","journal-title":"Int. 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