ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2012
Validation of a quality-of-life scale for women with bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis.
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- Efficacy of a pubic superior ramus approach versus a distal approach for obturator nerve block in transurethral bladder tumor resection: a randomized controlled trial.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- Associations Between Urological Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome Symptom Flares, Illness Impact, and Health Care Seeking Activity: Findings From the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Symptom Patterns Study.The Journal of urology · 2023Article
- Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Women with Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: The AID-IC Pilot Study.Methods and protocols · 2022Article
- Addressing quality of life in the patient with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.Asian journal of urology · 2017Review
- Sleep disturbances and nocturnal symptoms: relationships with quality of life in a population-based sample of women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2014Article
- Symptom persistence in a community cohort of women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS): 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-month follow-up from the RICE cohort.International urogynecology journal · 2014Article
- Consequences of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain symptoms on women's work participation and income: results from a national household sample.The Journal of urology · 2014Article
- The mouse cyclophosphamide model of bladder pain syndrome: tissue characterization, immune profiling, and relationship to metabotropic glutamate receptors.Physiological reports · 2014Article
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Abstract
purposeTo validate a disease-specific scale to measure the impact of symptoms of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC), a condition that affects up to 6.5% of U.S. women.
methodsParticipants were drawn from the RAND Interstitial Cystitis Epidemiology (RICE) Study, a telephone probability survey of 146,231 US households. Women who met RICE BPS/IC symptom criteria (n = 3,397) completed the 6-item RAND Bladder Symptom Impact scale (RICE BSI-6). The RICE BSI-6 was adapted from a scale used to assess the impact of diabetes on life and sexuality and modified based on expert input on face validity and focus group work; items specific to diabetic symptoms were eliminated. Validated scales of symptom severity, mental- and physical-health-related quality of life (QoL), depression, coping, and perceived control were used to assess convergent validity.
resultsThe RICE BSI-6 (α = 0.92) was significantly related to greater symptom severity, worse general mental- and physical-health-related QoL, more severe depression symptoms, and lower perceived control over life in general and over BPS/IC symptoms (P values < .05). It was also associated with less use of distancing coping (P < .05).
conclusionThe RICE BSI-6 shows excellent internal consistency and strong convergent validity. It can be used to examine the effects of psychosocial and treatment interventions on QoL among women with BPS/IC.
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