title: Voiding symptoms in chronic pelvic pain (CPP).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Dijkzigt/Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. purana.bossagh@gak.nl
authors.forename: Purana
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van Os-Bossagh
authors.forename: Trudy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pols
authors.forename: Wim C J
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Hop
authors.forename: Arthur M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bohnen
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Vierhout
authors.forename: Aat C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Drogendijk
mesh_terms: 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