Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5687710 | The Journal of Urology | 2016 | 22 Pages |
Abstract
Patients with urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome show symptom variability. At study enrollment patients had worse symptoms on average, resulting in a regression effect that influenced the estimated proportion of those who were improved or worse. Prospective studies should include a run-in period to account for regression to the mean and other causes of early symptom regression. Further, symptom variability may be quantified and used to characterize longitudinal symptom profiles of urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
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Authors
Alisa J. Stephens-Shields, J. Quentin Clemens, Thomas Jemielita, John Farrar, Siobhan Sutcliffe, Xiaoling Hou, J. Richard Landis,