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Table 5 Comparisons of sexual life for sexually active women before and after transobturator tension-free vaginal tape (TOT)

From: Transobturator suburethral tapes in the management of urinary incontinence: success, safety and impact on sexual life

 

Baseline (n)

After TOT

P value

Frequency of intercourse (n = 130)

 2±week

20 (15.4%)

20 (15.4%)

1.0000

 1–2/week

48 (36.9%)

57 (43.8%)

0.1637

 1–3/month

42 (32.3%)

28 (21.5%)

0.0108*

 Less

20 (15.4%)

25 (19.3%)

0.4049

Penetration (n = 130)

 Enjoyable

85 (65.4%)

83 (63.8%)

0.8551

 Painful

21 (16.2%)

25 (19.2%)

0.5708

 Neither

24 (18.4%)

22 (17.0%)

0.8388

Coital Incontinence (n = 130)

 All of the time

14 (10.8%)

6 (4.6%)

0.0078*

 Most of the time

29 (22.3%)

0 (0.0%)

<0.0001*

 Occasionally

46 (35.4%)

26 (20%)

0.0034*

 Never

41 (31.5%)

98 (75.4%)

<0.0001*

  1. P is significant at 0.05
  2. * Statistically significant difference