NIDDK Central Repository - Comparison of an interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome clinical cohort with symptomatic community women from the RAND Interstitial Cystitis Epidemiology study.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1016/j.juro.2011.10.040

PubMed ID

22177158

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2012

Affiliation

University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Authors

Berry SH, Clauw DJ, Clemens JQ, Elliott MN, Hilton L, Konkle KS, Suttorp MJ

Studies

PRIDE

Citation

Konkle KS, Berry SH, Elliott MN, Hilton L, Suttorp MJ, Clauw DJ, Clemens JQ. Comparison of an interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome clinical cohort with symptomatic community women from the RAND Interstitial Cystitis Epidemiology study. J Urol 2012 Feb;187(2):508-12. Epub 2011 Dec 15.

Abstract

The RAND Interstitial Cystitis Epidemiology survey estimated that 2.7% to 6.5% of United States women have urinary symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome. We describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of the symptomatic community based RAND Interstitial Cystitis Epidemiology cohort, and compare them with those of a clinically based interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome cohort.