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LABIA-Q – 26-069

LABIA-Q

A Validated Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Females with Concerns Regarding the Labia Minora and/or Labia Majora

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Summary

LABIA-Q is a rigorously developed and validated patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) designed to assess outcomes for females with concerns regarding the labia minora and/or labia majora.

The LABIA-Q captures key aspects of the patient experience across multiple domains, including:

  • labial appearance,
  • symptoms,
  • life impact, and
  • sexual wellbeing.

The instrument was developed through a patient-centered process comprising of in-depth concept elicitation interviews with female patients who had undergone or were considering labiaplasty or other labia procedures, cognitive debriefing interviews, expert clinical review, and an international field test. The field-test included 339 participants, with all scales evidencing validity and reliability.

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Applications

  • Clinical care supporting shared decision making, preoperative counselling, and assessment of outcomes of labiaplasty and other labial procedures.
  • Clinical trials and research studies requiring validated, condition-specific PROM.
  • Registries and quality improvement initiatives collecting standardized outcome data.
  • Benchmarking clinician and program performance in aesthetic, gynecologic and reconstructive genital surgery.

Advantages

  • Rigorously developed and validated scales grounded in extensive patient input, ensuring that they measure outcomes that matter to patients.
  • Modular structure allowing user to administer one or more scales depending on purpose of use, minimizing respondent burden.
  • Common metric for labial concerns.
  • Suitable for use across clinical care, research, and quality improvement, enabling comparisons across studies and settings.

Contact

MILO Licensing

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