INTRODUCTION Research instruments can be used to assess the impact of lower urinary tract symptoms on health-related quality of life. Evaluating the reliability, validity, and sensitivity of two of these instruments provides evidence concerning their readiness for use in research and clinical settings. OBJECTIVE The researchers evaluated psychometric properties of the Male Urogenital Distress...

Chronic lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), such as urgency and incontinence, are common, especially among the elderly, but their etiology is often obscure. Recent studies of acute urinary tract infections implicated invasion by Escherichia coli into the cytoplasm of urothelial cells, with persistence of long-term bacterial reservoirs, but the role of infection in chronic LUTS is unknown. We c...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the correlation between constipation and lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) and nocturnal enuresis in a population-based study. MATERIAL AND METHODS This is a cross-sectional study. The criteria for inclusion were children and adolescents of between 5 and 17 years and who agreed to sign the informed consent form. The study excluded students with neurological problems...

INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation of suprapubic ultrasonography and transrectal ultrasonography in measurements of prostate dimension and volume. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred consecutive patients with lower urinary tract symptoms were examined by suprapubic and transrectal ultrasonography modalities in a same session. Measurements of the 3 dimension...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among quality of sleep, depression, late-life function and disability in community-dwelling older women with urinary incontinence. METHODS A stratified random sampling method was conducted to recruit participants from May 10 to August 17, 2007. Data were collected by questionnaires, which were constructed to include lower ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence and perceived bother of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in middle-aged women with and without self-reported urinary incontinence. PATIENTS AND METHODS In the Women's Health In the Lund Area study (WHILA 1995--2000), 32% of the participating 6,917 women, 50--59 years, reported urinary incontinence defined as involuntary urinary leakage causing a soci...

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is a progressive condition characterised by prostate enlargement accompanied by lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). It contributes to, but is not the sole cause of LUTS. It is well known that BPH and the resultant LUTS is very common in elderly men and has a great impact on the patients’ quality of life. It was estimated that in the male population, a histolo...

PURPOSE We investigated the international differences in the reporting of lower urinary tract symptoms and related bother in patients with symptoms suggestive of bladder outlet obstruction. MATERIALS AND METHODS Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate international differences in the reporting of lower urinary tract symptoms and related bother in 1,271 patients from 12 coun...