کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3878114 1599029 2006 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
A Prospective Study of Symptoms and Quality of Life in Men with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: The National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Cohort Study
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی بیماری‌های کلیوی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
A Prospective Study of Symptoms and Quality of Life in Men with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: The National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Cohort Study
چکیده انگلیسی

PurposeWe present the results of 2 years of symptom and quality of life followup of men with CP/CPPS enrolled in the CPC.Materials and MethodsWe followed 445 subjects from 6 clinical centers across North America for 2 years with outcome measures that included the NIH-CPSI, quality of life, and GRA. All subjects were treated according to usual care practices at each clinical site.ResultsOf the 445 subjects 293 had complete data at 2 years. Withdrawals were younger, had been diagnosed more recently and had higher baseline symptoms. Among the 293 men the mean improvement at 2 years was 5 points on the 43-point NIH-CPSI total score. Most of the observed improvement occurred in the first 3 months of followup. Among all 445 subjects, retaining withdrawals in the denominator, 31% considered themselves moderately or markedly improved at 2 years. Although group mean symptom scores were stable and improved slightly over time, some individual subjects reported large fluctuations. No baseline demographic or clinical factors significantly predicted changes in symptom scores over time.ConclusionsCP/CPPS is a chronic disease characterized by substantial variation in symptoms within and among subjects. There is no evidence that the disorder worsens significantly during 2 years of followup, and for about a third of men with long-standing symptoms there may be moderate to marked improvement during this period.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Journal of Urology - Volume 175, Issue 2, February 2006, Pages 619–623
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