Aruna Kartik, Monash University, apfpr@monash.edu
The Australasian Pelvic Floor Procedure Registry (APFPR) is a clinician-led national clinical quality registry that monitors and reports on the safety and quality of care relating to pelvic floor procedures including those using pelvic mesh undertaken in Australian hospitals. The APFPR commenced operations in 2021, with data from female patients undergoing a stress urinary incontinence (SUI) procedure (with or without pelvic mesh) and/or a pelvic organ prolapse (POP) procedure (with mesh) at participating sites being eligible for inclusion. Both clinician and patient-reported outcomes are collected by the registry. As at January 2025, data on approximately 1400 procedures has been collected in the registry.
The APFPR dataset includes data on pelvic floor disorder diagnoses, surgery and device details including any intra-operative complications, and post-operative outcome and complications at the 6-months follow up. Procedures are categorised into primary procedures and subsequent procedures, the latter performed to address recurrence, or complications of previous procedures. Additional data items are collected for risk adjustment purposes.
The APFPR generates annual reports and site/clinician-level reports every six months. with deidentified data also being used for publications and conference presentations.
The APFPR administers the following PROMs at 6, 12, and 24-months after surgery:
- Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I)
- Australian Pelvic Floor Questionnaire (APFQ)
- EuroQol EQ-5D-5L
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The following sites have received ethics and governance approval to participate in the APFPR as of 22-01-2025. For a current list of approved sites, please visit the APFPR website.
Australian Capital Territory
- Calvary John James Hospital
- Canberra Private Hospital
- Canberra Hospital
New South Wales
- St George Hospital (SESLHD)
- Westmead Hospital (WSLHD)
- Nepean Hospital (NBMLHD)
- St George Private Hospital
- Westmead Private Hospital
- Concord Repatriation General Hospital (SLHD)
- Sutherland Hospital (SESLHD)
- Royal Hospital for Women (SESLHD)
- John Hunter Hospital (HNELHD)
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (SLHD)
- North Shore Private Hospital
- Port Macquarie Private Hospital
- Dudley Private Hospital
- Lingard Private Hospital
- Port Macquarie Base Hospital (MNCLHD)
- Orange Hospital (WNSWLHD)
Queensland
- Buderim Private Hospital
- Gold Coast University Hospital
- Robina Hospital
- Varsity Lakes Day Hospital
- Sunshine Coast University Hospital
- Townsville University Hospital
South Australia
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (CALHN)
- Royal Adelaide Hospital (CALHN)
- Calvary North Adelaide Hospital
- Flinders Medical Centre (SALHN)
- St Andrew’s Hospital
- Calvary Adelaide Hospital
- Lyell McEwin Hospital (NALHN)
- Modbury Hospital (NALHN)
Tasmania
- Royal Hobart Hospital
Victoria
- Bendigo Health
- Cabrini Health
- Mercy Health
- Monash Health
- St Vincent’s Private Hospital
- Western Health
- St John of God Bendigo Hospital
- Epworth Eastern
- Epworth Richmond
- Epworth Freemasons
- Epworth Geelong
- St John of God Geelong Hospital
- Waverley Private Hospital
- Frances Perry House
- Peninsula Health
- Eastern Health
Western Australia
- Hollywood Private Hospital
- King Edward Memorial Hospital
- St John of God Subiaco Hospital