
%0 Journal Article
%A L Tuffnell, Jacqueline 
%T The experience of six women living with pelvic surgical mesh complications &#x2013; interventions and adaptions: a phenomenological inquiry
%J Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal
%D 2023/09/01
%V 29
%N 3
%P 59-66
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CJ23012
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CJ23012 
%X This study follows up six women from a 2018 study examining the experience of women living with pelvic surgical mesh complications. Qualitative research relating to women&#x2019;s experience of treatment for mesh complications is limited. Participants had subsequently undergone surgical and non-surgical interventions for their complications. The aim of the current study was to understand the lived experience of these interventions and establish the impact of these interventions on participants&#x2019; quality of life and wellbeing. Hermeneutic phenomenology was used with thematic analysis linking findings back to Van Manen&#x2019;s four lifeworld existentials used in the 2018 study &#x2013; lived space, lived body, lived time and lived other. Participants completed a repeat International Consultation on Incontinence Modular Questionnaire Lower Urinary Tract quality of life (ICIQ-LUTSqol) questionnaire and following this were interviewed via Zoom using a semi-structured approach. During the interview participants self-rated their movement across recovery trajectories. Findings were compared between the 2018 study and the 2022 follow-up. Comparison of the women&#x2019;s 2018 and 2022 overall ICIQ-LUTSqol scores approached but did not reach statistical significance. However, most participants described some areas of improvement and improved quality of life after surgical and/or non-surgical intervention for mesh complications. These interventions, along with interactions with key health stakeholders, continue to have significant impacts, both positive and negative, on women&#x2019;s lived space, body, time, relationships and recoveries. 
