Urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome 3-year symptom trajectories: the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Symptom Patterns Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To characterise 3-year pelvic pain and urinary symptom trajectories and to identify baseline factors associated with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS) improvement.

Patients and methods

The Trans-Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Symptom Patterns Study was a multicentre, prospective cohort study of UCPPS, including interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Patients completed four weekly run-in assessments, baseline visit, and quarterly visits up to 3 years, providing clinical and patient-reported data. A functional clustering approach, applied separately to Pelvic Pain Severity (PPS) and Urinary Symptom Severity (USS) longitudinal change scores, was used to gener

SUBMITTER: Bradley CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12789841 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature