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Health-related quality of life in Chinese patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
Author/Creator
Zhao, Fei-Li;  Yue, Ming;  Yang, Hua;  Wang, Tian;  Wu, Jiu-Hong;  Li, Shu-Chuen
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
Description
Objective: To examine the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and factors associated with HRQoL in Chinese patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) using two generic preference-based HRQoL instruments, EQ-5D (plus EQ-VAS) and SF-6D, with the results compared with general population. Method: CP/CPPS patients were recruited from two tertiary referral hospitals, and the general populations were randomly approached. After informed consent, subjects were interviewed using EQ-5D, EQ-VAS and SF-6D, and their socio-demographic and medical information was solicited. Results: Compared to the general population (n = 364), CP/CPPS patients (n = 268) reported significantly worse HRQoL with median score of the EQ-5D utility index (0.73 vs. 0.85), SF-6D utility index (0.76 vs. 0.81), and EQ-VAS (70.0 vs. 85.0). Multiple linear regression analyses showed pain symptom had the strongest predictive power for HRQoL, compared to symptom duration and urinary symptom. Socio-demographic factors and comorbidities did not significantly contribute to poorer HRQoL. Conclusion: CP/CPPS patients experienced deteriorated HRQoL with lower health-related utility scores compared to general population, and pain severity was the main physical symptom predicting decreased health-related utility. Further studies are needed to provide the reference utility index for the comparison and better characterizing the influence of geographic and cultural factors on variation of health-related utility of CP/CPPS patients.
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Quality of Life Research Vol. 19, Issue 9, p. 1273-1283
Publisher Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-010-9697-2
Date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Keyword(s)
chronic prostatitis;  quality of life;  utility;  China
Resource Type
journal article
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http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/923148
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ISSN:0962-9343
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