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The role of nocturia in the quality of life of men with lower urinary tract symptoms
Author(s) -
Van Dijk Marleen M.,
Wijkstra Hessel,
Debruyne Frans M.,
De La Rosette Jean J.M.C.H.,
Michel Martin C.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bju international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 1464-4096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2009.08969.x
Subject(s) - nocturia , medicine , lower urinary tract symptoms , watchful waiting , international prostate symptom score , urology , quality of life (healthcare) , urinary system , prostate , prostate cancer , nursing , cancer
Study Type – Symptom prevalence (retrospective cohort)
Level of Evidence 2b OBJECTIVES To determine the role of treatment‐associated improvement in nocturia in health‐related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) suggestive of benign prostatic hyperplasia, and secondarily to confirm the role of nocturia in HRQL at baseline and to compare the effects of watchful waiting, transurethral microwave treatment (TUMT) and transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) to those of α 1 ‐adrenoceptor antagonists (α‐blockers) on nocturia. PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively analysed using multiple regression a large single‐centre database of patients receiving routine care for treatment‐associated alterations of symptoms and HRQL (assessed at baseline, 2611 men) and 6–12 months after initiation of treatment (1258 men). RESULTS Among the symptoms assessed using the International Prostate Symptom Score, nocturia (together with urgency and weak stream) had the strongest correlation with HRQL at baseline and after treatment. Watchful waiting, α‐blockers, TUMT and TURP reduced nocturia episodes by a mean ( sd ) of 7 (53)%, 17 (40)%, 32 (47)% and 75 (23)%, respectively. The treatment‐associated improvements in nocturia (together with those of weak stream) had the strongest association with those of HRQL. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that among all LUTS assessed in the IPSS, nocturia has one of the strongest associations with HRQL, and that treatment‐associated improvements in nocturia contribute considerably to overall improvements in HRQL.