Voiding symptoms in chronic pelvic pain (CPP).
OBJECTIVE
To establish the prevalence of voiding symptoms in CPP patients.


METHODS
Sixty women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP), aged 23-79 (mean: 48) years completed a questionnaire mainly addressing lower abdominal pain and voiding symptoms. Symptoms occurring often, almost always, or always for more than 6 months were considered present and serious. A group of 31 consecutive cases of non-CPP women aged 18-77 (mean: 49) years were selected to serve as controls.


RESULTS
The following symptoms were found in the CPP group: incontinence: 43%; inadequate voluntary control of the urethral sphincter: 50%; inability to postpone: 37%; urge: 37%; nocturia > or =2X: 18%; dysuria: 12%; cystitis: 37%; urge-induced pain: 20%; pain-induced urge: 18%; strain to initiate voiding: 6%; strain to continue voiding: 17%; incomplete voiding: 37%. Two or more voiding symptoms were present in 63% of the CPP group. All urinary symptoms were more often present in the CPP group than in the controls.


CONCLUSIONS
A substantial subgroup of CPP patients has voiding symptoms.
van Os-Bossagh
Purana
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Dijkzigt/Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. purana.bossagh@gak.nl
Pols
Trudy
T
Hop
Wim C J
WC
Bohnen
Arthur M
AM
Vierhout
Mark E
ME
Drogendijk
Aat C
AC
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003556:Cystitis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012008:Recurrence; D014521:Urethra / Q000503:physiopathology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology