Distinguishing chronic prostatitis and benign prostatic hyperplasia symptoms: Results of a national survey of physician visits

Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 921-925

  McNaughton Collins, Mary ^a   Stafford, Randall S ^a   O'Leary, Michael P ^b   Barry, Michael J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MORBIDITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATITIS;

EID: 0345712390     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00636-0     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Collins M.M., Stafford R., O'Leary M., et al. How common is prostatitis? A national survey of physician visits. J Urol. 159:1998;1224-1228.
2. Roberts R., Lieber M., Rhodes T., et al. Prevalence of a physician-assigned diagnosis of prostatitis the Olmsted County Study of urinary symptoms and health status among men . Urology. 51:1998;578-584.
3. Collins MM, and O'Leary MP: Prostatitis symptom scoring, in Nickel JC (Ed): The Textbook of Prostatitis. England, ISIS Medical Media (in press).
4. Neal D., Moon T. Use of terazosin in prostadynia and validation of a symptom score questionnaire. Urology. 43:1994;460-465.
5. Nickel J., Sorensen R. Transurethral microwave thermotherapy for nonbacterial prostatitis a randomized double-blind sham controlled study using new prostatitis specific assessment questionnaires . J Urol. 155:1996;1950-1955.
6. Krieger J.N., Egan K.J., Ross S.O., et al. Chronic pelvic pains represent the most prominent urogenital symptoms of "chronic prostatitis." Urology. 48:1996;715-722.
7. Brahler E., Wurz J., Unger U., et al. The "Giessen Prostatitis Symptom Score" (GSS) standardization of the questionnaire and prevalence of symptoms (abstract) . J Urol. 157:(suppl 4):1997;239.
8. Alexander R.B., Trissel D. Chronic prostatitis results of an Internet survey . Urology. 48:1996;568-574.
9. National Center for Health Statistics. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1990-96. Hyattsvillle, Maryland, United States Public Health Service, 1996.
10. Bryant E, and Shimizu I: Sample design, sampling variance, and estimation procedures for the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Vital Health Stat 2: Sept(108): 1-39, 1998.
11. National Center for Health Statistics. Instructional Manual: Reason for Visit Classification and Coding Manual, 1994. Hyattsville, Maryland, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1995.
12. United States Public Health Service, National Center for Health Statistics. International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, clinical modification, 3rd ed. Washington, D.C., Department of Health and Human Services, 1989.
13. SAS/STAT Users' Guide, Version 6, 4th ed. Cary, North Carolina, SAS Institute, Inc., 1990.
14. Pothoff R., Woodbury M., Mantoz K. "Equivalent sample size" and "equivalent degrees of freedom" refinements for inference using survey weights under superpopulation models. J Am Med Statistician Assoc. 87:1992;383-396.
15. Meares E., Stamey T. Bacteriologic localization patterns in bacterial prostatitis and urethritis. Invest Urol. 5:1968;492-518.