PREVALENCE AND BOTHERSOMENESS OF LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS IN BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA AND THEIR IMPACT ON WELL-BEING
| Autor: | Harm H.E. van Melick, Mardy D. Eckhardt, Ger E.P.M. van Venrooij, Tom A. Boon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Adenoma business.industry Urology Urinary system Urination disorder Hyperplasia urologic and male genital diseases medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Quality of life Lower urinary tract symptoms Prostate Internal medicine medicine Nocturia medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Urology. 166:563-568 |
| ISSN: | 1527-3792 0022-5347 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)65985-x |
| Popis: | Purpose: We established the prevalence and bothersomeness of symptoms and their impact on well-being in a large group of strictly selected men with lower urinary tract symptoms suggestive of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).Materials and Methods: Included in our study were 475 consecutive men who met the criteria of the International Consensus Committee on BPH and voided more than 150 ml. during uroflowmetry. International Prostate Symptom Scores and quality of life score were determined. We included the 7 bothersomeness questions of the Symptom Problem Index and the 4 of the BPH Impact Index of the American Urological Association Measurement Committee. These questions refer to the degree of bothersomeness caused by urinary problems and how they affect various health domains.Results: The symptoms with the highest prevalence based on mean scores were weak urinary stream, frequency and urgency. Urgency, nocturia and hesitancy were the most bothersome symptoms. Patients were only discouraged from performin... |
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