PMID: 11912406Mar 26, 2002Paper

Primary care and urology patients with the male pelvic pain syndrome: symptoms and quality of life

The Journal of Urology
Judith A TurnerR E Berger

Abstract

We assessed symptoms and health related quality of life in men who received prostatitis-prostatodynia diagnoses at primary care and urology visits, and compared those in whom pain-discomfort had versus had not resolved approximately 1 month later. Telephone interviews were done with 357 men an average of 1 month after a prostatitis-prostatodynia diagnosis was made at a health maintenance organization visit. The interview included the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index, and pain and health related quality of life measures. The most common pain location was the pubic-bladder area. Mean scores on most health related quality of life measures were below average, and higher pelvic pain and urinary symptom scores were associated with worse quality of life. This episode of pelvic pain was the first lifetime episode in fewer urology (22%) than primary care (38%) patients (p = 0.02). Urology patients had longer symptom episodes (p = 0.000), more days with pain in the last month (p = 0.002) and higher National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index pain scores (p = 0.002). Men with pain in the testicles, penis or between the rectum and testicles at the visit, and with longer symptom duration be...Continue Reading

References

Aug 1, 1992·Pain·Michael Von KorffSamuel F Dworkin
Mar 1, 1990·The Journal of the American Dental Association·S F DworkinE Sommers
Dec 1, 1983·Journal of Health and Social Behavior·S CohenR Mermelstein
Mar 21, 1998·The Journal of Urology·M M CollinsM J Barry
Jul 28, 1999·JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association·J N KriegerJ C Nickel
Dec 14, 1999·Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics·O Y LeeL Chang
Apr 11, 2001·Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation·J A TurnerC B McClellan
Jun 9, 2001·Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery : Official Journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons·N A SandlerM Sabino
Jul 5, 2001·Respirology : Official Journal of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology·Y J Zhu

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Oct 21, 2006·Current Urology Reports·Hossein Sadeghi-Nejad, Allen Seftel
Dec 13, 2005·The Clinical Journal of Pain·Judith A TurnerRichard Berger
Jun 14, 2005·BMC Urology·Ugur YilmazRichard E Berger
Sep 22, 2005·Annals of Behavioral Medicine : a Publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine·Philip M UllrichRichard Berger
Nov 9, 2010·Progrès en urologie : journal de l'Association française d'urologie et de la Société française d'urologie·D DelavierreJ-J Labat
Feb 9, 2007·Mayo Clinic Proceedings·Tomasz J KuzniarKaiser G Lim
Jun 1, 2005·European Urology·Gianluca GiubileiRiccardo Bartoletti
Jul 13, 2004·The Journal of Urology·Judith A TurnerRichard Berger
Jul 13, 2004·The Journal of Urology·Ugur YilmazRichard E Berger
Nov 11, 2005·The Journal of Urology·J Quentin ClemensElizabeth A Calhoun
Jun 15, 2011·Journal of Affective Disorders·Shiu-Dong ChungHerng-Ching Lin
Apr 25, 2008·Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology·Hans Hedelin, Magnus Fall
Jul 23, 2013·International Neurourology Journal·Jong Kyou Kwon, In Ho Chang

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.