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Article: Lower urinary tract symptoms and health-related quality of life in Hong Kong primary care: a cross-sectional study
Title | Lower urinary tract symptoms and health-related quality of life in Hong Kong primary care: a cross-sectional study |
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Keywords | Lower urinary tract symptoms Health-related quality of life Prevalence Health seeking |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Springer Verlag Dordrecht. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0962-9343 |
Citation | Quality of Life Research, 2020, v. 29, p. 1311-1321 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Purpose:
To estimate the prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in primary care using the International Continence Society symptom definition; to evaluate the association between LUTS and health-related quality of life (HRQOL); and to evaluate the treatment gaps.
Methods:
Patients aged 40 and above were randomly recruited in a Hong Kong public primary care. Patients were asked (i) how often they experienced 18 individual LUTS during the past 4 weeks and (ii) whether they had sought treatments for their LUTS. The 12-Item Short Form Health Survey version 2 (SF-12 v2) and the modified Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-Short Form (IIQ-7) were used to measure HRQOL.
Results:
500 patients completed the survey. 75.8% of the patients had at least one LUTS “at least sometimes”, with patients with a combination of storage, voiding, and post-micturition symptoms being the most prevalent (22.2%), followed by a combination of voiding and storage symptoms (14%). Only 14% of LUTS patients had sought treatments for their LUTS. LUTS was associated with a negative effect in all domains of the SF-12 v2 and IIQ-7 and patients with a combination of storage, voiding, and post-micturition symptoms had the worst HRQOL. Finally, having a combination of storage, voiding, and post-micturition symptoms and poorer HRQOL were factors associated with having sought treatments for LUTS.
Conclusion:
A high prevalence of LUTS but low treatment-seeking rates implied possible unmet needs of LUTS patients in primary care, suggesting the potential for more active interventions to alleviate the negative impact of LUTS on patients’ HRQOL. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/280273 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.299 |
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dc.contributor.author | Choi, EPH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wan, EYF | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chin, WY | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lam, CLK | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-21T11:51:03Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-01-21T11:51:03Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Quality of Life Research, 2020, v. 29, p. 1311-1321 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0962-9343 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/280273 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose: To estimate the prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in primary care using the International Continence Society symptom definition; to evaluate the association between LUTS and health-related quality of life (HRQOL); and to evaluate the treatment gaps. Methods: Patients aged 40 and above were randomly recruited in a Hong Kong public primary care. Patients were asked (i) how often they experienced 18 individual LUTS during the past 4 weeks and (ii) whether they had sought treatments for their LUTS. The 12-Item Short Form Health Survey version 2 (SF-12 v2) and the modified Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-Short Form (IIQ-7) were used to measure HRQOL. Results: 500 patients completed the survey. 75.8% of the patients had at least one LUTS “at least sometimes”, with patients with a combination of storage, voiding, and post-micturition symptoms being the most prevalent (22.2%), followed by a combination of voiding and storage symptoms (14%). Only 14% of LUTS patients had sought treatments for their LUTS. LUTS was associated with a negative effect in all domains of the SF-12 v2 and IIQ-7 and patients with a combination of storage, voiding, and post-micturition symptoms had the worst HRQOL. Finally, having a combination of storage, voiding, and post-micturition symptoms and poorer HRQOL were factors associated with having sought treatments for LUTS. Conclusion: A high prevalence of LUTS but low treatment-seeking rates implied possible unmet needs of LUTS patients in primary care, suggesting the potential for more active interventions to alleviate the negative impact of LUTS on patients’ HRQOL. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Springer Verlag Dordrecht. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0962-9343 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Quality of Life Research | - |
dc.rights | This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in [insert journal title]. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/[insert DOI] | - |
dc.subject | Lower urinary tract symptoms | - |
dc.subject | Health-related quality of life | - |
dc.subject | Prevalence | - |
dc.subject | Health seeking | - |
dc.title | Lower urinary tract symptoms and health-related quality of life in Hong Kong primary care: a cross-sectional study | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Choi, EPH: ephchoi@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wan, EYF: yfwan@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chin, WY: chinwy@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lam, CLK: clklam@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Choi, EPH=rp02329 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Wan, EYF=rp02518 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chin, WY=rp00290 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lam, CLK=rp00350 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s11136-019-02402-7 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85077249871 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 308948 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 29 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1311 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 1321 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000529538800017 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Netherlands | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0962-9343 | - |