title: [Prevalence and predictors of urogenital pain in men. Results from a survey of a representative German population sample].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In Germany no data are available on the prevalence and predictors of urogenital pain in men from representative population samples.
  
  
  METHODS
  Persons older than 14 years of age from a representative sample of the German population were examined by standardized questionnaires within a cross-sectional survey. Urogenital pain was assessed by the German version of the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptoms Index (NIH-CPSI), depression by the patient health questionnaire PHQ-9 and health-related quality of life by the short form health survey SF-36.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 2,043 persons (66.5%s) took part in the study and 960 men with a mean age of 47.2 years were analyzed. The 1-week prevalence of urogenital pain was 9.6% whereby 2.4% met the criteria of mild and 1.9% the criteria of severe prostatitis-like symptoms. The total pain score of the NIH-CPSI was predicted by old age, high income and high depression scores. Men with mild and severe prostatitis-like symptoms reported higher depression and lower health-related quality of life than men without prostatitis-like symptoms
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prostatitis-like symptoms are associated with depression and reduced health-related quality of life in the general population.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin 1, Klinikum Saarbrücken gGmbH, Winterberg 1, 66119 Saarbrücken, Deutschland. whaeuser@klinikum-saarbruecken.de
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Häuser
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schmutzer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hinz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brähler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D052801:Male Urogenital Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires