What is it about?
Comparing the results of questionnaires for evaluating symptoms and QoL in patients with CPPS (e.g., MPQ-DLV, PDI, NIH-CPSI, ICSI, and PUF) for pain, bladder complaints and QoL showed an intraclass correlation (ICC) for pain intensity of MPQ-NWC and MPQ-PRIT of 0.55. The ICCs for other pain intensity scores were mostly <0.25 (global = 0.23). A positive global score (ICC = 0.64) for bladder complaints 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 poor global correlation (ICC ≤ 0.27) with MPQ-DLV-QoL/PDI, PDI/ICPI, PDI/PUF-BS and ICPI/PUF-BS scoring >0.5. The pain intensity and QoL results indicate that the data from one questionnaire cannot be used for overall conclusions. For bladder symptoms, the results seem to correspond better.
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Why is it important?
This study explains the problem of assessing CPPS patients with questionnaires.
Perspectives
Developing one generally accepted questionnaire would facilitate interpreting and comparing data in this condition.
Prof Dr Jörgen Quaghebeur
Universiteit Antwerpen
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This page is a summary of: Comparison of questionnaires used for the evaluation of patients with chronic pelvic pain, Neurourology and Urodynamics, January 2013, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/nau.22364.
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