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Factors affecting health‐related quality of life among patients with lower urinary tract symptoms
Author(s) -
QUEK KIA FATT
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01198.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lower urinary tract symptoms , depression (economics) , anxiety , quality of life (healthcare) , urinary system , psychiatry , mental health , physical therapy , prostate , nursing , cancer , economics , macroeconomics
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the association of factors such as pain, lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), anxiety, depression and psychiatric morbidity on health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with LUTS. Methods: A total of 227 patients with LUTS were recruited into the study. The patients were assessed on pain, LUTS, anxiety, depression, psychiatric morbidity and health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) using standardized questionnaires. Results: The study showed that after adjustment, age, pain, anxiety, depression, psychiatric morbidity and LUTS contributed 31%, 13%, 45%, 16% and 48% respectively to the variability of the physical, mental, social, global and overall HRQoL. Conclusion: Age, pain, psychiatric morbidity, anxiety and depression are associated with HRQoL among patients with LUTS.