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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-12-17
pubmed:abstractText
It has long been considered that psychological factors play an important rôle in women with urinary tract symptoms. Where no significant infection can be demonstrated, psychological factors have been claimed as paramount to the extent that the 'irritable urethral syndrome' has been postulated as a parallel to the irritable bowel. This paper reports on a controlled study of psychological and menstrual problems in women presenting in family practice with urinary symptoms. Women were assessed by structured interview. Two groups of women took part: (A) 54 women with urinary symptoms, 15 of whom later proved to have significant bacterial infection on culture. (B) 21 women attending for contraceptive advice also agreed to participate in a comparison group. Women presenting with urinary tract symptoms had higher mean scores on psychological and menstrual measures than comparison women, regardless of the presence of demonstrable infection. Thus, psychological and menstrual symptoms appear to determine whether a woman who experiences urinary tract symptoms attends her doctor, regardless of whether significant infection is present. No evidence was found, for the existence of an irritable urethral syndrome, in which psychological factors are postulated as the predominant cause.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-3999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
737-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
The urethral syndrome: a controlled evaluation.
pubmed:affiliation
Dept Primary Health Care, University College London Medical School, Whittington Hospital, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article