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Table 3 Changes to the scale based on the expert consultations

From: Development and evaluation of a rehabilitation training compliance scale for patients with urinary incontinence

Item no

First round change

Second round change

1

‘I can continue to contract my pelvic floor muscles for 2 to 6 s, relax, and rest for 2 to 6 s’ was modified to ‘I can continue to contract my pelvic floor muscles for 2 to 10 s, relax, and rest for 2 to 10 s’

 

2

‘I can repeat the above actions 10 to 15 consecutive times’ was changed to ‘I can repeat the above actions 10 to 15 consecutive times, or for 5 to 15 min’

 

3

No change

 

4

No change

 

5

‘I can persist in pelvic floor muscle training for 8 weeks’ was revised to ‘I can persist in pelvic floor muscle training for 3 months or more’

 

6

No change

 

7

No change

‘I can gradually extend the interval between two urinations to 2 to 4 h’ was revised to ‘I can gradually extend the interval between two urinations to 2 to 4 h as far as possible’

8

‘I can delay urination to make each urination less than 350 ml’ was modified to ‘I can delay urination to make each urination more than 300 ml’

 

9

No change

 

10

‘I can persist in bladder training for 8 weeks’ was revised to ‘I can persist in bladder training for 2 months or more’

 

11

‘I can record a urination diary every day’ was changed to ‘I can record a 24-h urination diary’

 

12

‘I can record urination diary for 7 days’ was changed to ‘I can record urination diary for 3 to 7 days’

‘I can record urination diary for 3 to 7 days’ was changed to ‘I can record a urination diary for 3 to 7 days’