title: Application of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System to chronic pelvic pain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To apply the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) recently developed by the National Institutes of Health in patients with chronic pelvic pain. Secondary objectives included evaluation of individual pain categories and of the effect of the occurrence of myofascial abdominal wall and pelvic floor muscle pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study (Canadian Task Force classification III).
  
  
  METHODS
  Chronic pelvic pain multidisciplinary referral center.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 149 consecutive patients with chronic pelvic pain provided evaluable results.
  
  
  METHODS
  As part of a comprehensive evaluation, patients were assigned diagnoses based on standard criteria, and completed the 96-item short-form PROMIS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pain-related and global PROMIS scores were significantly worse than in the reference population (p <.05). The presence of myofascial pain was also associated with worse PROMIS scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Chronic pelvic pain is associated with impaired quality of life regardless of the diagnosis, including myofascial pain.
authors.affiliation: Pelvic Pain Specialty Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio 44304, USA. fentonb@summahealth.org
authors.forename: Bradford W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Fenton
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Palmieri
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Diantonio
authors.forename: Vivian
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vongruenigen
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome