PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN PRACTICES IN THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF MEN WITH CHRONIC PROSTATITIS/CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN SYNDROME

Autor: Elizabeth A. Calhoun, Talar W. Markossian, Mark S. Litwin, J Q Clemens, Mary McNaughton-Collins, Elizabeth Walker-Corkery, John W. Kusek
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
Předmět:
Male
Cancer Research
030232 urology & nephrology
0302 clinical medicine
7.1 Individual care needs
030212 general & internal medicine
Practice Patterns
Physicians'

Pain Research
primary care physicians
Physicians
Family

Syndrome
Health Services
Urology & Nephrology
3. Good health
Prostatitis
Knowledge
Oncology
Diagnosis treatment
Female
Chronic Pain
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Urology
Oncology and Carcinogenesis
education
MEDLINE
Primary care
Pelvic Pain
Article
03 medical and health sciences
Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
Clinical Research
Physicians
medicine
Humans
Family
survey
Physicians'
Practice patterns
business.industry
Primary care physician
practice patterns
medicine.disease
Vignette
Family medicine
Chronic Disease
Physical therapy
Management of diseases and conditions
business
chronic prostatitis
Zdroj: Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases
Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases, vol 12, iss 3
ISSN: 1476-5608
1365-7852
Popis: Objective To describe self-reported practice patterns of PCPs for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of men with CP/CPPS. Methods 556 PCPs in Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles were presented a vignette, which described a man with typical CP/CPPS symptoms, followed by questions about CP/CPPS. Results The response rate was 52%. Only 62 percent of respondents reported ever seeing a patient like the one described in the vignette. Fully 16% of respondents were “not at all” familiar with CP/CPPS, and 48% were “not at all” familiar with the NIH classification scheme for prostatitis. PCPs reported practice patterns regarding diagnosis and treatment of CP/CPPS, which are not supported by evidence. Conclusions Although studies suggest that CP/CPPS is common, many PCPs reported little or no familiarity, important knowledge deficits, and limited experience in managing men with this syndrome.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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