Linguistic and clinical validation of the acute cystitis symptom score in German-speaking Swiss women with acute cystitis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and hypothesis

The Global Prevalence Study of Infections in Urinary tract in Community Setting (GPIU.COM) includes epidemiological aspects of acute cystitis (AC) in women in Germany and Switzerland. The primary study relates to the German version of the Acute Cystitis Symptom Score (ACSS), a self-reporting questionnaire for self-diagnosis and monitoring the symptomatic course of AC in women. The current study aimed to analyze the validity and reliability of the German ACSS in German-speaking female patients with AC in Switzerland.

Methods

Anonymized patient data were collected and analyzed from women with AC at the first visit (diagnosis) and follow-up visits as baseline and controls, respectively. Data from 97 patients with a median age of 41 years underwent an

SUBMITTER: Alidjanov JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8227360 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature