title: [Application of CUA Guidelines on Prostatitis in the management of chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a nationwide survey].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the application of the Chinese Urological Association (CUA) Guidelines on Prostatitis and its effects on the clinical practice patterns of diagnosing and treating chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) among Chinese urologists and andrologists.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a questionnaire investigation on the application of the CUA Guidelines on Prostatitis among the urologists and andrologists of 173 hospitals in 21 cities of China, and performed statistical analyses on all the eligible questionnaires collected.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 1 056 questionnaires distributed, 851 (80.6%) were eligible, of which 71.6% were from the urologists or andrologists in grade 3 hospitals, 80.7% of them with senior or intermediate professional titles and 97.5% had studied the CUA Guidelines. Most of the subjects agreed that Type III prostatitis is a clinical syndrome, whose diagnosis should exclude other conditions with similar symptoms, and whose treatment should aim at relieving pain, alleviating urination symptoms and improving the quality of life. Those who had and those who had not studied the CUA Guidelines differed in their viewpoints on CPPS as illustrated in the book. In clinical practice, the most common treatment options for CPPS were psychological therapy (80.7%), medication (80.4%) and life style adjustment (79.6%), and the most frequently used drugs were phytotherapy (80.0%), alpha-blockers (68.9%) and antibiotics (61.0%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CUA Guidelines on Prostatitis has gained a nationwide application and promoted the standardization of the management of CPPS in China.
authors: Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China. kaizhang.pku@gmail.com
authors: Kai
authors: K
authors: Zhang
authors: Wen-Jun
authors: WJ
authors: Bai
authors: Xue-Jun
authors: XJ
authors: Shang
authors: Yun-Xiang
authors: YX
authors: Xiao
authors: Ji-Hong
authors: JH
authors: Liu
authors: Zheng
authors: Z
authors: Li
authors: Chun-Hua
authors: CH
authors: Deng
authors: Huai-Peng
authors: HP
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D010820:Physicians; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires