title: [Development and validation of a quality of life scale associated with health status, specific for benign hypertrophy of the prostate and including a sexuality evaluation scale].
abstract: In order to develop a quality of life scale related to the state of health, specific for benign prostatic hypertrophy, a group of French specialists constructed a self-administered questionnaire, designed to complete the usual evaluations of the efficacy and safety of new medical treatments for this disease. This questionnaire was well accepted, reliable, clinically valid and sensitive to clinical changes occurring in a given patient. It includes questions concerning sexuality. An abbreviated form of the questionnaire was then developed in order to obtain a tool suitable for use in daily practice, in combination with the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPPS).
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Tenon, Paris.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lukacs
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leplege
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Comet
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires