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ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2020

Lower urinary tract symptoms and health-related quality of life in Hong Kong primary care: a cross-sectional study.

Edmond Pui Hang Choi, Eric Yuk Fai Wan, Weng Yee Chin, Cindy Lo Kuen Lam

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Article in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Health-related quality of life among Chinese primary care patients with different lower urinary tract symptoms: a latent class analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021
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  3. Health-related quality of life and sexual function among women with overweight or obesity and urinary incontinence: a cross-sectional study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025
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Edmond Pui Hang ChoiSchool of Nursing, University of Hong Kong, 4/F, William M.W. Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Hong Kong. h0714919@connect.hku.hk.
Eric Yuk Fai WanDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Care, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Weng Yee ChinDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Care, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Cindy Lo Kuen LamDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Care, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
University of Hong Kong · HK

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Seed Fund for Basic Research 201804159013
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo estimate the prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in primary care using the International Continence Society symptom definition; to evaluate the association between LUTS and health-related quality of life (HRQOL); and to evaluate the treatment gaps.

methodsPatients aged 40 and above were randomly recruited in a Hong Kong public primary care. Patients were asked (i) how often they experienced 18 individual LUTS during the past 4 weeks and (ii) whether they had sought treatments for their LUTS. The 12-Item Short Form Health Survey version 2 (SF-12 v2) and the modified Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-Short Form (IIQ-7) were used to measure HRQOL.

results500 patients completed the survey. 75.8% of the patients had at least one LUTS "at least sometimes", with patients with a combination of storage, voiding, and post-micturition symptoms being the most prevalent (22.2%), followed by a combination of voiding and storage symptoms (14%). Only 14% of LUTS patients had sought treatments for their LUTS. LUTS was associated with a negative effect in all domains of the SF-12 v2 and IIQ-7 and patients with a combination of storage, voiding, and post-micturition symptoms had the worst HRQOL. Finally, having a combination of storage, voiding, and post-micturition symptoms and poorer HRQOL were factors associated with having sought treatments for LUTS.

conclusionA high prevalence of LUTS but low treatment-seeking rates implied possible unmet needs of LUTS patients in primary care, suggesting the potential for more active interventions to alleviate the negative impact of LUTS on patients' HRQOL.

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Cross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth BehaviorHealth SurveysHong KongHumansLower Urinary Tract SymptomsMaleMiddle AgedPatient Acceptance of Health CarePrevalencePrimary Health CareQuality of LifeSurveys and QuestionnairesUrinary IncontinenceUrinationHealth-related quality of lifeHealth seekingLower urinary tract symptomsPrevalence

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