Symptom Duration in Patients With Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome is not Associated With Pain Severity, Nonurologic Syndromes and Mental Health Symptoms: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Network Study

摘要

OBJECTIVE To evaluate if patients with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndromes (UCPPS) with longer duration of symptoms experience more severe pain and urologic symptoms, higher rates of chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPC) and psychosocial comorbidities than those with a more recent onset of the condition. We evaluated cross-sectional associations between UCPPS symptom duration and (1) symptom severity, (2) presence of COPC, and (3) mental health comorbidities.