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.