Relationship of Sex and Diagnosis With Symptoms and Illness Impact in Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain; A Mapp Network Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess differences in clinical presentation and illness impact in men and women presenting with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS) and between men diagnosed with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) or chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS).

Methods

356 men and 605 women from six sites across the United States were assessed using a comprehensive set of demographic, symptom, and illness impact measures. Multivariable regression analyses examined differences between men and women and between men previously diagnosed with CP/CPPS or IC/BPS. In a stepwise manner, analyses tested group differences, controlling for demographic variables including symptom duration and presence of bladder pain that varied with filling and v

SUBMITTER: Naliboff BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11788956 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature