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Painful bladder syndrome: management and effect on sexual function and quality of life

open access: yes, 2011
Primary aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of our therapeutical management in patients with painful bladder syndrome (PBS)/interstitial cystitis (IC) on sexual function, quality of life and bladder symptoms using validated tools ...
Schmid, Corina   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Time of symptom onset and histologic findings in bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis: new findings on useful correlations

open access: yesUrogynaecologia International Journal, 2017
The aim was to find out whether a correlation exists between denudation of urothelium and time of symptom onset in patients with bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC), and to search a correlation between impact of symptoms evaluated with ...
Daniele Porru   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lived Experiences of Emotional Distress Among Patients With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: A Mixed‐Methods Study

open access: yesNeurourology and Urodynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose We aimed to describe the association of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) with emotional distress using questionnaires and qualitative interviews. Methods We used a convergent parallel mixed methods design to examine relationships between the LURN Symptom Index‐29 (LURN SI‐29) questionnaire and emotional distress, measured by the ...
Grace E. Bardwick   +102 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Overactive Bladder Syndrome on Female Sexual Function

open access: yes, 2015
The etiology of female sexual dysfunction includes psychological, physiological and iatrogenic causes. Physiological and iatrogenic causes are abdominal surgery, menopause, smoking, spinal cord injuries and some antipsychotic, antihypertensive, and ...
Taha Numan Yıkılmaz, Serdar Toksöz
core   +1 more source

Symptom Management and Nurses’ Role in Interstitial Cystitis/ Painful Bladder Syndrome

open access: yesFlorence Nightingale Journal of Nursing, 2019
Interstitial cystitis or painful bladder syndrome is a chronic and progressive disease of the lower urinary tract, characterized by chronic pelvic pain, urinary frequency and urgency.
Ayfer ÖZBAŞ, Gülay ALTUN UĞRAŞ
doaj  

Uroplakin peptide-specific autoimmunity initiates interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome in mice. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
The pathophysiology of interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) is enigmatic. Autoimmunity and impaired urothelium might lead the underlying pathology. A major shortcoming in IC/PBS research has been the lack of an appropriate animal model.
Kenan Izgi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fear‐Avoidance and Overactive Bladder: Toward a Mechanism‐Informed Model of Care

open access: yesNeurourology and Urodynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims Overactive bladder (OAB) is associated with substantial psychological burden, yet existing biopsychosocial frameworks acknowledge that psychological factors shape outcomes without explaining the cognitive and behavioral mechanisms through which that influence operates.
Rupal M. Patel, Andrea Wood
wiley   +1 more source

Sickle Cell Disease: Historical Overview and Current Therapies

open access: yesPrenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects millions worldwide, yet the limited treatment options currently available do not always adequately control the disease and carry significant side effects. At present, the only curative treatment is hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation, a procedure that carries considerable challenges and numerous ...
Oluwaseun O. Babatunde   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Core stability in women with and without chronic pelvic pain

open access: yesPM&R, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Physical activity (PA) and core stability levels are unknown for women with musculoskeletal chronic pelvic pain (CPP) compared to healthy women. At this time, there is no validated treatment method aimed specifically at CPP. Objective To elucidate the PA habits and core stability of women with and without CPP.
Hannah V. Chatwin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Low dose intradetrusor injections of onabotulinumtoxinA in women with overactive bladder symptoms or the painful bladder syndrome: unfavorable balance between clinical efficacy and the need for catheterization

open access: yesUrogynaecologia International Journal, 2012
We evaluated our results with low dose intradetrusor injections of onabotulinu - mtoxinA in women with overactive bladder symptoms and the painful bladder syndrome in terms of clinically successful outcomes and the need for clean intermittent self ...
Jan Groen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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