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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

How Do Patients Understand Questions about Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms? A Qualitative Study of Problems in Completing Urological Questionnaires.

Florine W M Schlatmann, Michael R van Balken, Andrea F de Winter, Igle-Jan de Jong, Carel J M Jansen

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors.

Florine W M SchlatmannDepartment of Urology, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
Michael R van BalkenDepartment of Urology, Rijnstate Hospital, 6815 AD Arnhem, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2163-4972
Andrea F de WinterDepartment of Health Literacy and Prevention, Health Science, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
Igle-Jan de JongDepartment of Urology, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
Carel J M JansenDepartment of Communication and Information Studies, University of Groningen, 9712 EK Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5259-4291

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lower urinary tract symptoms are common complaints in ageing people. For a urological evaluation of such complaints in men, the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) is used worldwide. Previous quantitative studies have revealed serious problems in completing this questionnaire. In order to gain insight into the nature and causes of these problems, we conducted a qualitative study. Not only the purely verbal IPSS was studied but also two alternatives, including pictograms: the Visual Prostate Symptom Score (VPSS) and the Score Visuel Prostatique en Image (SVPI). Men aged 40 years and over with an inadequate level of health literacy (IHL;

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Health LiteracyLower Urinary Tract SymptomsAdultHumansMaleMiddle AgedProstateQualitative ResearchSurveys and Questionnaireshealth literacylower urinary tract symptoms questionnairesworking-aloud method

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PMID35955002
PMCPMC9368298

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