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ArticleSAGE open medicine2023

Multiple sclerosis and lower urinary tract symptoms: A survey of prevalence, characteristic and urological evaluations.

Farzaneh Sharifiaghdas, Behzad Narouie, Maryam Taheri, Saba Jalali, Bita Shalbafan, Mohaddeseh Azadvari, Mehdi Dadpour, Hamidreza Rouientan, Mohadese Ahmadzade, Hamideh Hanafi Bojd

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Article in SAGE open medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Neurogenic bladder in the multiple sclerosis population: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and a proposed evaluation algorithm.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  2. Prevalence of stress urinary incontinence and urge urinary incontinence in multiples sclerosis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Farzaneh SharifiaghdasDepartment of Urology, Shahid Labbafinejad Medical Center, Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Behzad NarouieDepartment of Urology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Maryam TaheriDepartment of Urology, Shahid Labbafinejad Medical Center, Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Saba JalaliFaculty of land and food systems, University of British Colombia Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada.
Bita ShalbafanClinical Research Development Unit of Labbafinejad Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohaddeseh AzadvariDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Urology Research Center, Sina & Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mehdi DadpourDepartment of Urology, Shahid Labbafinejad Medical Center, Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hamidreza RouientanDepartment of Urology, Shahid Labbafinejad Medical Center, Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7395-1320
Mohadese AhmadzadeDepartment of Urology, Shahid Labbafinejad Medical Center, Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hamideh Hanafi BojdDepartment of Urology, Shahid Labbafinejad Medical Center, Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRImam Khomeini Hospital · IRUniversity of British Columbia · CAZahedan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Most multiple sclerosis patients have urological complications such as lower urinary tract symptoms. This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of these symptoms and whether they result in a urological evaluation. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 517 multiple sclerosis patients at Tehran's referral multiple sclerosis center and neurology clinics between 2018 and 2022 was performed. Data were collected through interviews after patients completed informed consent forms. Urological examinations, including urine analysis and ultrasonography, were evaluated as final assessments. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical tests in Statistical Package for Social Science. Results: Among all participants, the prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms was 73% ( Conclusion: Multiple sclerosis patients rarely undergo urological evaluations during the course of their disease. Proper assessment is essential as these symptoms are among the most detrimental manifestations of this disease.

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lower urinary tract symptomsLUTSMultiple sclerosisurologic evaluation

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