NIDDK Central Repository - The Comprehensive Assessment of Self-Reported Urinary Symptoms: A New Tool for Research on Subtypes of Patients with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1097/JU.0000000000000140

PubMed ID

30730410

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2019

Affiliation

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa , Iowa City , Iowa.

Authors

Andreev VP, Bavendam T, Bradley CS, Cameron AP, Cella D, Flynn KE, Griffith JW, Kirkali Z, Lai HH, Liu AB, LURN Study Group, Weinfurt KP, Wiseman JB

Studies

LURN

Citation

Weinfurt KP, Griffith JW, Flynn KE, Cella D, Bavendam T, Wiseman JB, Andreev VP, Lai HH, Liu AB, Kirkali Z, Cameron AP, Bradley CS, LURN Study Group. The Comprehensive Assessment of Self-Reported Urinary Symptoms: A New Tool for Research on Subtypes of Patients with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. J Urol 2019 Jun;201(6):1177-1183.

Abstract

To improve the potential for finding clinically important subtypes of patients with lower urinary tract symptoms we developed the CASUS (Comprehensive Assessment of Self-reported Urinary Symptoms). We used it to present data on the experiences of lower urinary tract symptoms in treatment seeking women and men from a prospective observational cohort.