The aims of the study were to compare the change in the Wisconsin Stone Quality of Life (WISQOL) score in patients who underwent retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) single-use ureteroscope or extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) with a calculation of quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). 158 patients treated with urinary stone disease were randomly divided into 80 patients in the validation and 78 patients in the intervention arm. Patients in the intervention arm were randomly divided into the RIRS or the ESWL group. Linguistic validation of the WISQOL into the Slovak language was performed using a standardised multistep process. Discriminant validity was assessed by comparing stone-forming patients to an additional 34 healthy individuals. Patients were asked to fill in the WISQOL before and in the 24th week after the intervention. The QALYs were calculated by the formula QALY = weight factor (WF) x time period after intervention. The Cronbach's α of the WISQOL was 0.94, the Pearson's coefficient for test-retest reliability was 0.91, and the discriminant validity confirmed a higher score for healthy individuals (p < 0.001). The median WISQOL score changed from 45.5 to 95.5 vs. 33.9 to 87.1 in the RIRS and ESWL groups, respectively (p < 0.001). Patients from the RIRS group had a good possibility of reaching 19.727 QALYs gained during life expectancy compared to 15.780 for the ESWL group (p < 0.001). RIRS single-use ureteroscope is significantly superior to ESWL in reaching more QALYs gained during life expectancy. The WISQOL Slovak version is valid, reliable and strictly specific for stone-forming patients.
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- kvalita života * MeSH
- kvalitativně upravené roky života MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- litotripse statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- močové kameny komplikace psychologie chirurgie MeSH
- překládání MeSH
- prospektivní studie MeSH
- průzkumy a dotazníky statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- psychometrie metody MeSH
- reprodukovatelnost výsledků MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ureteroskopie přístrojové vybavení statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- ureteroskopy MeSH
- výsledek terapie MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- randomizované kontrolované studie MeSH
- validační studie MeSH
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- kameny v močovodu terapie MeSH
- laserová litotripse metody přístrojové vybavení statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- stenty statistika a číselné údaje využití MeSH
- ureteroskopie metody statistika a číselné údaje využití MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- srovnávací studie MeSH
