NIDDK Central Repository - Validation of a quality-of-life scale for women with bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1007/s11136-011-0085-3

PubMed ID

22146841

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2012

Affiliation

Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 21 Autumn Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA. laura.bogart@childrens.harvard.edu

Authors

Berry SH, Bogart LM, Clemens JQ, Elliott MN, Suttorp MJ

Studies

PRIDE

Citation

Bogart LM, Suttorp MJ, Elliott MN, Clemens JQ, Berry SH. Validation of a quality-of-life scale for women with bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis. Qual Life Res 2012 Nov;21(9):1665-70. Epub 2011 Dec 7.

Abstract

To validate a disease-specific scale to measure the impact of symptoms of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC), a condition that affects up to 6.5% of U.S. women.