NIDDK Central Repository - Development, validation and testing of an epidemiological case definition of interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1016/j.juro.2009.12.103

PubMed ID

20303099

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

PRIDE

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.