Results
The mean age and body mass index and the professional status of the
patients in group 1 and 2 were statistically similar (Table 1). After
the second cystoscopies, 19 of all the patients preferred rigid
cystoscope and the other 22 patients preferred flexible one (p=0.42).
The mean VAS values of all the patients in the study at the first and
second cystoscopies were 2.26 ± 0.83 and 2.02 ± 0.79, respectively
(p=0.17). The mean VAS values of the groups at the first and second
cystoscopies were given in the Table 2. There were no statistically
significant differences between the mean IIEF, ICIQ-MLUTS, SF-36 and
their subgroup scores of group 1 before and after the procedures (Table
3). Similarly, there were no statistically significant differences
between the scores of group 2 (Table 3).
The changes of VAS, IIEF, MLUTS and SF-36 scores after the cystoscopies
in the both groups were calculated. The effect on these score changes of
cystoscopy type was analyzed and the results of the Multiple Linear
Regression Test showed that type of cystoscope and sequence of
cystoscopy did not influence (p>0.05). The findings are
summarized in Table 4.