title: [The Japanese version of the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index].
abstract: The National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) is the standard questionnaire that determines the degree of symptoms and efficacy of treatment in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Because there was no officially approved Japanese version of the NIH-CPSI, the Japanese Urological Association (JUA) formed a committee to develop one chaired by Dr. Masayuki Takeda, who also chairs the special field of voiding function and neurourology in the JUA. Consequently, the committee produced a Japanese version, referring to previous proposals and the Japanese version of the International Prostate Symptom Score. The committee strongly expects that the Japanese version of the NIH-CPSI will be taken full advantage of in future clinical research.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kumon
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Homma
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D011472:Prostatitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014481:United States