Impact of chronic prostatitis-like symptoms on the quality of life in a large group of men

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1307-1311

  Walz, Jochen ^b,c   Perrotte, Paul ^b   Hutterer, Georg ^b   Suardi, Nazareno ^b,d   Jeldres, Claudio ^b   Bénard, Francois ^b   Valiquette, Luc ^b   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

NIH CPSI; Population; Prostatitis like symptoms; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EJACULATORY PAIN; HUMAN; IMPAIRED BLADDER EMPTYING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERINEUM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINARY FREQUENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PREVALENCE; PROSTATITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 35748958983     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07250.x     Document Type: Article

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