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Publication Information

PubMed ID
Public Release Type
Journal
Publication Year
2010
Affiliation
RAND Corp., Santa Monica, California 90407, USA. berry@rand.org
Authors
Berry SH, Bogart LM, Clemens JQ, Liu K, Nyberg L, Pham C, Stoto M, Suttorp M
Studies
Citation
Berry SH, Bogart LM, Pham C, Liu K, Nyberg L, Stoto M, Suttorp M, Clemens JQ. Development, validation and testing of an epidemiological case definition of interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome. J Urol 2010 May;183(5):1848-52. Epub 2010 Mar 29.

Abstract

No standard case definition exists for interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome for patient screening or epidemiological studies. As part of the RAND Interstitial Cystitis Epidemiology study, we developed a case definition for interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome with known sensitivity and specificity. We compared this definition with others used in interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome epidemiological studies.