Patient-reported outcomes/quality of life questionnaires (QoL)
UTI
In the StroVac group, complaints recorded in most QoL questionnaires were reduced by approximately 50% from V1 (baseline) to V9, in parallel to the reduction of UTI frequency. The mean scores of “symptom burden”, "mental consequences", and "effect on daily life" declined from 21.2 to 10.2, from 11.8 to 5.9, and from 9.7 to 4.4 points, respectively. But as the reduction in UTI frequency was similar in both treatment groups, no significant differences were observed in QoL as well. Even though statistical significance was nearly reached in the “mental consequences" score (