PubMed ID:
17382739
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2007
Affiliation: Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA. qclemens@northwestern.edu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2006.11.084
Authors:
BACH Survey Investigators,
Clemens JQ,
Eggers PW,
Kusek JW,
Link CL,
McKinlay JB,
Nyberg LM Jr
Studies:
Boston Area Community Health Survey
The prevalence of painful bladder symptoms is poorly defined, especially in racial and ethnic minority groups. We estimated the prevalence of painful bladder symptoms in a community based sample, assessed symptom variation by age, gender, race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status, and estimated their impact on quality of life.