title: Psychiatric aspects of recurrent cystitis in women.
abstract: Using both psychometric questionnaires and psychiatric interview it has been shown that women with recurrent cystitis have significantly more psychiatric symptoms (particularly those of anxiety) than the population as a whole. By comparison with the expected prevalence, the study group shows a 3-fold increase in psychiatric symptoms antedating micturition symptoms, and a 10-fold increase in psychiatric symptoms overall. Significant differences in psychometric profiles have been demonstrated between different clinical subgroups of patients (e.g. bladder instability, outlet obstruction and dyspareunia). A multifactorial approach (including an awareness of psychiatric factors) to patients complaining of recurrent cystitis can produce a treatment failure rate as low as 4.4%.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications; D003556:Cystitis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012008:Recurrence; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000503:physiopathology; D001748:Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / Q000150:complications; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000150:complications