title: Associations of selected lower urinary tract symptoms with biographical context in patients of a day hospital for neurotic disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the correlation of subjectively estimated biographical context and lower urinary tract symptoms reported by patients with neurotic and personality disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a retrospective analysis of the biographical context of co-existence of urinary frequency and urinary incontinence reported by 3,929 patients in a day hospital for treatment of neurotic disorders. The symptom checklists KO "0" were completed by patients prior to any treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Urinary frequency reported by patients in a day hospital for treatment of neurotic disorders was associated with the difficulties from their childhood and adolescence (i.e. with perception of inferiority with regard to one's family and among siblings, parents' low education level), as well as the disparities in terms of sexual education and troubled relationships.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the studied group of patients with neurotic and personality disorders, selected lower urinary tract symptoms were associated with adverse life circumstances from childhood and adolescence (which can show the tendency towards regression and protracted character to experience of family's dysfunction due to feeling of being neglected or abandoned), as well as, to a larger or a smaller degree, their consequences - dysfunctions in adulthood, relationship/marriage, functioning at work and dealing with finances. These associations indicated the probable significance of experiencing these aspects of life in patients, not only in day hospitals or psychiatric hospitals which reported "pseudo-urological complaints", but also in at least part of urological patients - going to hospitals due to neurotic disorders, particularly those occurring in a somatic form.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Psychiatrii Dorosłych Szpitala Uniwersyteckiego w Krakowie.
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skalski
authors.affiliation: Katedra Psychoterapii UJ CM.
authors.forename: Jerzy A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sobański
authors.affiliation: Klinika Urologii UJ CM.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Golabek
authors.affiliation: Klinika Psychiatrii Dorosłych Szpitala Uniwersyteckiego w Krakowie.
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Świerkosz
authors.affiliation: Zakład Psychoterapii Szpitala Uniwersyteckiego w Krakowie.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Klasa
authors.affiliation: Klinika Urologii UJ CM.
authors.forename: Mikołaj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Przydacz
authors.affiliation: Katedra Psychoterapii UJ CM.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rutkowski
authors.affiliation: Katedra Psychoterapii UJ CM.
authors.forename: Edyta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dembińska
authors.affiliation: Katedra Psychoterapii UJ CM.
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mielimąka
authors.affiliation: Katedra Psychoterapii UJ CM.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cyranka
authors.affiliation: Klinika Urologii UJ CM.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chłosta
authors.affiliation: Zakład Zaburzeń Afektywnych Katedry Psychiatrii, Collegium Medicum UJ.
authors.forename: Dominika
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dudek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D059411:Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011044:Poland; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012649:Self Concept; D012647:Self-Assessment; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: life-context; neurotic disorders; urological complaints