[The observation of chronic prostatis patients using the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index].
OBJECTIVE
The National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) was used to determine the chronic prostatitis syndrome in young men (from 20 to 48 years old) of clinical validity.


METHODS
227 patients with chronic prostatitis syndrome (CPS)/chronic pelvic pain syndrome and 32 patients with BPH were randomized to study using NIH-CPSI.


RESULTS
1. The main manifestations of CPS patients were pain or uncomfort. Those were more common in CPS than BPH. 2. 79.30% CPS patients had a sensation of not emptying bladder completely after finished urinating, 44.93% patients had to urinate again less than two hours after finished urinating. 3. 51.51% patients with CPS have more effect on work, 90.31% patients on free life, and 68.72% patients on quality of life than BPH.


CONCLUSIONS
According NIH-CPSI, the main manifestations of CPS are pain or uncomfort. CPS patients have more effect on work and quality of life.
Guo
Jun
J
Department of Urology, Guang An Men Hospital of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100053, China. guojun1126@sohu.com
Zhang
Ya-Qiang
YQ
Jia
Jin-Ming
JM
Jiao
Yong-Zheng
YZ
Wu
Yu-Qiang
YQ
Li
Wen-Xian
WX
Long
Shu-Ping
SP
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States