ArticleThe Journal of urology2016
Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network.
Article in The Journal of urology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Biomarkers Implicated in Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Systematic Review and Pathway Analyses.The Journal of urology · 2019Pooled it
- Evidence of the Impact of Diet, Fluid Intake, Caffeine, Alcohol and Tobacco on Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: A Systematic Review.The Journal of urology · 2017Pooled it
- Can 7 or 30-Day Recall Questions Capture Self-Reported Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Accurately?The Journal of urology · 2019Trial
- Symptoms and subtypes of patients with lower urinary tract dysfunction - insights from the Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network.Nature reviews. Urology · 2026Review
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- Factors associated with erectile dysfunction in men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS): a Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN) study.Translational andrology and urology · 2025Article
- Lack of group-to-individual generalizability in people with lower urinary tract symptoms emphasizes the need for deep phenotyping and personalized treatments.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2025Article
- Phenotyping Men With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Results From the Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2025Observational
- Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN): An introduction to the Urinary Urgency Phenotyping Protocol LURN II.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2024Review
- Development and validation of models predicting treatment patterns in women with urinary urgency and/or urgency incontinence: A Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network observational cohort study.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2023Observational
- Treatment patterns in women with urinary urgency and/or urgency urinary incontinence in the symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network Observational Cohort Study.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2023Observational
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- Natural history of lower urinary tract symptoms in treatment-seeking women with pelvic organ prolapse; the Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN).American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2022Observational
- Comparing clinical bladder diaries and recalled patient reports for measuring lower urinary tract symptoms in the symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN).Neurourology and urodynamics · 2022Article
- Women's Knowledge of Bladder Health: What We Have Learned in the Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium.Current bladder dysfunction reports · 2022Article
- Impact of Sleep Disturbance, Physical Function, Depression and Anxiety on Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Results from the Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN).The Journal of urology · 2022Article
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- Experimental Pain and Auditory Sensitivity in Overactive Bladder Syndrome: A Symptoms of the Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN) Study.The Journal of urology · 2022Observational
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- Relationship of symptom severity and bother in individuals seeking care for lower urinary tract symptoms.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeTo address gaps in understanding and treating lower urinary tract symptoms, the NIDDK created the Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN). The goals of LURN are to work collaboratively to 1) identify and explain the important subtypes of lower urinary tract symptoms; 2) improve the measurement of patient experiences of lower urinary tract symptoms; 3) disseminate novel findings to researchers, clinicians and patients; and 4) generate data, research tools and biological samples for future studies. MATERIALS AND
methodsAs a first step in understanding subtypes of lower urinary tract symptoms, LURN will focus on disorders of urinary sensation (eg urgency) and their causes. These are being examined with respect to patient experience, organism or systemic factors, genitourinary organs and tissues, and cellular/molecular factors. This is being achieved via an observational cohort study that is currently enrolling patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (target number 1,000) and that will extensively characterize patients with lower urinary tract symptoms. Future studies embedded within the observational cohort study will focus on neuroimaging and sensory testing, biomarkers and organ based factors. To advance the science of measurement of lower urinary tract symptoms, LURN is also developing and evaluating a comprehensive set of self-report questions to provide more granular assessments of lower urinary tract symptoms.
resultsLURN has taken its first steps by developing a framework for studying lower urinary tract symptom subtypes.
conclusionsIn developing this framework, LURN is choosing an initial domain on which to focus (sensory experiences), and creating and executing protocols designed to improve measurement of self-reported symptoms and identify patient subtypes.
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