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Comparison of questionnaires used for the evaluation of patients with chronic pelvic pain
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AimsComparison of questionnaires for the evaluation of symptoms and QoL in patients with CPPS. MethodsThe MPQ-DLV, PDI, NIH-CPSI, ICSI, and PUF, were compared for: pain, bladder complaints, and for QoL. ResultsThe studied group N=26 (male: 16; female: 10) showed a good distribution in gender for the age (MW-U: P=0.6) and BMI (MW-U: P=0.5). The intraclass correlation (ICC) for pain intensity of MPQ-NWC and MPQ-PRIT was 0.55. The ICC's, for other different pain intensity scores were mostly <0.25 (global=0.23). For bladder complaints a positive global score (ICC=0.64) was shown, with the score for NIH-CPSI and ICSI>0.77. The ICC for NIH-CPSI and PUF-SS was the lowest (=0.48). The QoL showed a global bad correlation (ICC0.27) with MPQ-DLV-QoL/PDI, PDI/ICPI, PDI/PUF-BS and ICPI/PUF-BS scoring >0.5. ConclusionWhen the most used questionnaires for QoL assessment in patients with CPPS are compared, very different results can be found. This indicates that results from one questionnaire cannot be used for overall conclusions concerning pain intensity and QoL. For bladder symptoms the results seem to correspond better. To develop one generally accepted questionnaire would facilitate the interpretation and comparison of data in this condition. Neurourol. Urodynam. 32:1074-1079, 2013. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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English
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Neurourology and urodynamics. - New York
Publication
New York : 2013
ISSN
0733-2467
DOI
10.1002/NAU.22364
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32 :8 (2013) , p. 1074-1079
ISI
000326027700006
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