NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 14 – Interstitial cystitis is highly prevalent in women with chronic pelvic pain, US researchers have found.
They recommend that two office-based tools, the Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Index and a visual analog scale for dyspareunia, be used to screen for this condition.
Prior to the study, the Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Index and Problem Index had been validated in women already diagnosed with interstitial cystitis, but they had not been evaluated as screening tests. Dr. Jeffrey L. Clemons, a urogynecology fellow at Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, and colleagues administered the indexes to 45 women with chronic pelvic pain (duration 6 to 120 months, mean 71 months).
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