International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Vaginal Symptoms Module (ICIQ-VS)

Summary:
The ICIQ-VS is a questionnaire for evaluating vaginal symptoms, associated sexual matters and impact on quality of life (QoL) in research and clinical practice across the world.

Number of items: 14

Question items:

• Dragging abdominal pain
• Vaginal soreness
• Reduced sensation around vagina
• Vagina too loose/lax
• Lump comping down in vagina
• Lump comping out of vagina
• Dry vagina
• Digitation from bowel opening
• Tight vagina
• Current sex life
• Worries about vagina affect sex life
• Relationship
• Sex life spoilt
• Overall impact on everyday life

Associated publications:
Price, N., Jackson, S.R., Avery, K., Brookes, S.T., Abrams, P., 2006. Development and psychometric evaluation of the ICIQ Vaginal Symptoms Questionnaire: the ICIQ-VS. BJOG Int. J. Obstet. Gynaecol. 113, 700–712. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.00938.x

Level of validation according to ICI grades of recommendation:
Questionnaire finalised following the Third International Consultation on Incontinence, will be reviewed at the next consultation

Suggested modules to use in conjunction:

• ICIQ-UI Short Form – Brief urinary incontinence assessment module

Completion time:
4-5minutes

Scoring:
0-53 vaginal symptoms subscale
0-58 sexual matters subscale
0-10 overall impact on quality of life subscale
Bother scales are not incorporated in the overall score but indicate impact of individual symptoms for the patient

Available languages:
Brazilian Portuguese • Chinese (simplified) • German • Greek • Marathi • Persian • Portuguese • Sinhala • Spanish • Tamil • Thai • UK English