Assessing psychological factors, social aspects and psychiatric co-morbidity associated with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CP/CPPS) in men - A systematic review

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 333-350

  Riegel, Björn ^a   Bruenahl, Christian A ^a   Ahyai, Sascha ^a   Bingel, Ulrike ^a   Fisch, Margit ^a   Löwe, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic prostatitis with Chronic pelvic pain syndrome; Mental disorder; Psychosocial aspects; Quality of life; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMBASE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDLINE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCINFO; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATIZATION; STUDY DESIGN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANXIETY; COMPLICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; MENTAL STRESS; PELVIC PAIN; PREVALENCE; PROSTATITIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

ANXIETY; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC PAIN; PREVALENCE; PROSTATITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84923268205     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.09.012     Document Type: Review

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