What is the most bothersome lower urinary tract symptom? Individual- and population-level perspectives for both men and women

European Urology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1211-1217

  Agarwal, Arnav ^a   Eryuzlu, Leyla N ^a   Cartwright, Rufus ^b,c   Thorlund, Kristian ^a,d   Tammela, Teuvo L J ^e   Guyatt, Gordon H ^a   Auvinen, Anssi ^f   Tikkinen, Kari A O ^a,g  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^g HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age factors; Bothersomeness; Definition; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Overactive bladder; Prevalence; Sex; Urinary incontinence; Urination disorders; Voiding dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOTHERSOMENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; NOCTURIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINARY URGENCY; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINLAND; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, URGE; URINATION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCTURIA; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, URGE; URINATION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899517308     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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