Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3869618 | The Journal of Urology | 2012 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The RAND Interstitial Cystitis Epidemiology community cohort was remarkably similar to an interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome clinical cohort with respect to demographics, symptoms and quality of life measures. In contrast to other chronic pain conditions for which clinical cohorts typically report worse symptoms and functional status than population based samples, our data suggest that many measures of symptom severity and functional impact are similar, and sometimes worse, in the RAND Interstitial Cystitis Epidemiology cohort. These findings suggest that interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome is significantly burdensome, and likely to be underdiagnosed and undertreated in the United States.
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Authors
Katy S. Konkle, Sandra H. Berry, Marc N. Elliott, Lara Hilton, Marika J. Suttorp, Daniel J. Clauw, J. Quentin Clemens,