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Mayday Pelvic Floor Questionnaire
This questionnaire is anonymous. Please mark your answers with a cross.
Please return in the attached stamped addressed envelope. Many thanks for your time.
Q1. Do you have a special interest in pelvic floor Yes No
dysfunction?
If you answered yes to Q1, go to Q4.
If you answered no to Q1, go to Q2.
Q2. If not, do you refer to another clinician? Yes No
If you answered yes to Q2, go to Q3.
If you answered no to Q2, you have finished.
Q3. Who do you refer to? Colorectal surgeon
with pelvic floor interest
Continence nurse
specialist
Other: __________________
Q4. What percentage of your practice is concerned >75%
with pelvic floor disorders?
50–75%
25–50%
<25%
Q5. Have you had formal training in the management Yes No
of pelvic floor disorders?
If you answered yes to Q5, go to Q6.
If you answered no to Q5, go to Q7.
Q6. How were you trained in the management of Pelvic floor fellowship
pelvic floor disorders?
Attachment to pelvic floor unit
(Duration: ____ months)
Q7. Do you have: Pelvic floor multidisciplinary
team
Combined pelvic floor clinic
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Q8. What tools do you use for assessing continence? FIQL scale
Cleveland Clinic score
Wexner score
Rockwood score
Other: __________________
Q9. What surgical treatment for anal incontinence can you Anterior sphincter repair
personally perform for patients? (Tick all that apply.)
Injectable bulking agent
Sacral nerve stimulator
Artificial sphincter
Gracilloplasty
Other: __________________
Q10. In patients presenting with obstructed defecation,Rectal exam
how do you typically perform an examination?
Vaginal exam
Rectal and vaginal exam
None
Q11. How would you grade the size of a rectocoele?Grade I–IV
IV =
III =
II =
I =
Small/moderate/large
Pelvic organ prolapse
quantification
Other: __________________
Q12. How would you grade the size of an intussusception?Grade I–V
V =
IV =
III =
II =
I =
Small/moderate/large
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Pelvic organ prolapse
quantification
Other: __________________
Q13. How would you treat intussusception surgically? Anterior rectopexy
Posterior rectopexy
Anterior resection
Stapled transanal rectal
resection
Q14. How would you treat rectocoele surgically? Transanal
Transvaginal
Transperineal
Transabdominal (laparoscopic)
Transabdominal (open)
Q15. To which of the following modalities do you have access
andwhich of those do you actually use?
Refer externally Access in unit Use
a) Defecation proctography
b) Anal manometry
c) Endoanal ultrasonography
d) Magnetic resonance proctography
e) Pudendal nerve motor latency
f) Electromyography
g) Anal electrical stimulation
h) Rectal balloon expulsion test
i) Rectal maximal tolerable volume
Q16. In which year did you qualify? __________
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