ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH OVERACTIVE BLADDER
https://doi.org/10.24884/1561-6274-2006-10-4-93-97
Abstract
THE AIM of the investigation was to study the influence of overactive bladder on the quality of life of patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS. Using an analysis of questionnaires of quality of life KNQ in 349 patients with overactive bladder, the investigation concerned the degree of symptoms of the disease and the results of urodynamic examinations on certain components of the quality of life of the patients. RESULTS. Patients with overactive bladder have substantially worse quality of life, influencing the worsening of all its components – social, familial, emotional and professional. The degree of the worsening depends on the intensity of the symptoms of overactive bladder and is different in different age and gender. The greatest influence on the quality of life had more frequent urinations and imperative urges to urinate. No relationship was found between worsening quality of life and results of urodynamic investigation. CONCLUSION. The degree of worsening quality of life of patients with overactive bladder depends on the intensity of the symptoms and age and gender of the patients.
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I. V. Kuzmin
Санкт-Петербургский государственный медицинский университет им. акад. И.П. Павлова
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Kuzmin I.V. ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH OVERACTIVE BLADDER. Nephrology (Saint-Petersburg). 2006;10(4):93-97. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24884/1561-6274-2006-10-4-93-97
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