Assessment of quality of life of partners of patients with benign prostate hyperplasia: does benign prostate hyperplasia disturb female partners?
Objective: Benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) is a common health problem through-out the world. The aim of the study was to evaluate the consequence of BPH on partners by using Turkish version of a specific quality of life (QoL) scale for partners of BPH patients. Material and Methods: The study grou...
| Publicado en: | Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. 1906 - 1911 |
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Turkiye Klinikleri
Dec2010
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104812781&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104812781 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 13000292 1VOP jtl: Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences issn: 13000292 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2010 vid: 30 iid: 6 pid: 67298 pub: Turkiye Klinikleri artinfo: ui: 104812781 104812781 2010937922 10.5336/medsci.2009-14622 104812781 ppf: 1906 ppct: 5 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Assessment of quality of life of partners of patients with benign prostate hyperplasia: does benign prostate hyperplasia disturb female partners? aug: au: Müezzinoglu, Talha Çam, Kamil Kayikçi, Ali Lekili, Murat affil: Department of Urology, Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine, Manisa sug: subj: Interpersonal Relations Prostatic Hypertrophy Psychosocial Factors Quality of Life Academic Medical Centers Aged Descriptive Statistics Female Human Male Middle Age Prostatic Hypertrophy Epidemiology Prostatic Hypertrophy Symptoms Questionnaires Spouses Turkiye Aged: 65+ years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: Objective: Benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) is a common health problem through-out the world. The aim of the study was to evaluate the consequence of BPH on partners by using Turkish version of a specific quality of life (QoL) scale for partners of BPH patients. Material and Methods: The study group consisted of partners of 300 BPH patients who were admitted to urology outpatient departments of two university hospitals (Düzce University and Celal Bayar University) with lower urinary tract symptoms. BPH patients were asked to fill out International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) form, while female partners were separately requested to complete the specific QoL questionnaire. Results: The mean age of patients with BPH was 63.8 ± 7.2 years and it was 56.3 ± 6.5 years for female partners. The results of the specific questionnaire showed that QoL of partners were significantly affected. Particularly, most of the the partners had the fear of cancer development and possibility of surgery for their husbands, 77% (231/300 partners) and 79% (237/300 partners), respectively. At night majority of partners woke up frequently because of their husbands, however mostl of them declared no or little disturbance in terms of being tired during the day. On the other hand, it was revealed that there was a significant correlation between QoL degrees of partners and IPSS values of BPH patients (p< 0.001; correlation coefficient 0.664). Conclusion: BPH significantly impairs the QoL of female partners. This negative impact correlates with the IPSS values of BPH patients. Therefore, the physicians should also consider burden of the female partners in the management of BPH patients. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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