Title
Development and validation for disease burden and quality of life before and after hysterectomy using an in house Kawita Bapat score
Authors
Kawita Bapat¹, Richa Narkhede² & Simran Jain³,*
Affiliation
¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Apollo Hospital, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India; ²Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and Postgraduate Institute, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, LNCT Medical College and Sewakunj Hospital, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author
Kawita Bapat - Email: bapatkawita@gmail.com
Richa Narkhede - Email: drrichapatel2487@gmail.com
Simran Jain - Email: simranjain2811@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received September 1, 2026; Revised September 30, 2026; Accepted September 30, 2026, Published September 30, 2026
Abstract
The absence of a comprehensive, culturally relevant patient-reported measure limits accurate assessment of disease burden and quality of life in women undergoing hysterectomy for benign gynecological conditions. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the 22 item Kawita Bapat Score (KBS) in 220 women, assessing reliability, validity, reproducibility and responsiveness. The KBS showed excellent internal consistency (Cronbach’s α=0.91), test–retest reliability (ICC=0.89) and strong construct validity with WHOQOL BREF domains (r=0.71–0.79). Mean KBS decreased from 71.4±11.8 pre-operatively to 28.2±8.5 at 6 months (p<0.001), with large effect sizes at 6 weeks and 6 months, confirming strong responsiveness to post-operative improvement. The KBS is a reliable, valid, responsive and clinically feasible tool for quantifying disease burden and quality-of-life changes before and after hysterectomy.
Keywords
Hysterectomy, quality of life, symptom severity score, validation study, Kawita Bapat Score (KBS), benign gynecological disease, reliability, responsiveness
Citation
Bapta et al. Bioinformation 22(9): 5924-5929 (2026)
Edited by
Vini Mehta
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
