Comparison of questionnaires used for the evaluation of patients with chronic pelvic pain.
OBJECTIVE
Comparison of questionnaires for the evaluation of symptoms and QoL in patients with CPPS.


METHODS
The MPQ-DLV, PDI, NIH-CPSI, ICSI, and PUF, were compared for: pain, bladder complaints, and for QoL.


RESULTS
The studied group N = 26 (male: 16; female: 10) showed a good distribution in gender for the age (MW-U: P = 0.6) and BMI (MW-U: P = 0.5). The intraclass correlation (ICC) for pain intensity of MPQ-NWC and MPQ-PRIT was 0.55. The ICC's, for other different pain intensity scores were mostly <0.25 (global = 0.23). For bladder complaints a positive global score (ICC = 0.64) was shown, with the score for NIH-CPSI and ICSI > 0.77. The ICC for NIH-CPSI and PUF-SS was the lowest (=0.48). The QoL showed a global bad correlation (ICC ≤ 0.27) with MPQ-DLV-QoL/PDI, PDI/ICPI, PDI/PUF-BS and ICPI/PUF-BS scoring >0.5.


CONCLUSIONS
When the most used questionnaires for QoL assessment in patients with CPPS are compared, very different results can be found. This indicates that results from one questionnaire cannot be used for overall conclusions concerning pain intensity and QoL. For bladder symptoms the results seem to correspond better. To develop one generally accepted questionnaire would facilitate the interpretation and comparison of data in this condition.
Antwerp University Hospital and Antwerp University, Edegem, Belgium.
Jörgen
J
Quaghebeur
Jean-Jacques
JJ
Wyndaele
D000328:Adult; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D063189:Symptom Assessment / Q000379:methods*
IC/BPS; bladder pain syndrome; chronic pain; chronic pelvic pain syndrome; interstitial cystitis; prostatitis; questionnaire