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Psychosocial impact of recurrent urogenital infections: a review.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Navigating healthcare, managing life, or falling through the cracks? A theory-informed systematic review of the chronic burden faced by women with recurrent urinary tract infections.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Individualized Autovaccine Immunotherapy in Women With Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections: A Prospective Cohort Study.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the quality of vaginal discharge smear analysis reporting in five clinical laboratories in the Colombian Pacific RegionBiomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2026Article
- The interventional value and research progress of vaginal microbiota transplantation in improving female sexual quality of life associated with dysbiosis of the reproductive microecosystem.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Lived experience and clinical need of women of reproductive age with Ureaplasma urealyticum infection: a qualitative study.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Oral Administration of the ProbioticMicroorganisms · 2025Article
- Candidiasis knowledge, Self-Reported infection history, preventive practices, and associated factors among female tertiary students in Ghana.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Evaluation of SAT-Candida: a rapid RNA-based isothermal amplification assay for detection and identification of Candida spp. in vaginal specimens.Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials · 2025Article
- Economic burden of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis in Uganda: a cost-of-illness analysis.IJID regions · 2025Article
- Remote BV Management via Metagenomic Vaginal Microbiome Testing and Telemedicine.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Bacterial vaginosis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025Review
- Quality of Life, Disability, and Fungal Neglected Tropical Diseases.Current fungal infection reports · 2025Article
- State-of-the-Art Review: Recurrent Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections in Women.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025Review
- Impact of Urinary Tract and Vaginal Infections on the Physical and Emotional Well-being of Women.Infectious disorders drug targets · 2025Review
- Recurrent urinary tract infections and psychological burden: mechanisms and integrative perspectives.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Vaginal Transcriptional Signatures of the Neutrophil-Driven Immune Response Correlate With Clinical Severity During Recurrent Vulvovaginal Candidiasis.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2025Article
- Utility of Cand PCR in the Diagnosis of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in Pregnant Women.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Perceived Knowledge, Guidelines Concordance, and Practices of Physicians for Management of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Women.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- Sublingual MV140 vaccine: a promising noninvasive approach for recurrent urinary tract infections in women.Future microbiologyReview
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Abstract
Recurrent urogenital infections such as bacterial vaginosis, vulvovaginal candidiasis, and urinary tract infections have a high prevalence and pronounced psychosocial impact. However, no review has compared the psychosocial impacts across infection types. This narrative review discusses the impact of common recurrent urogenital infections on psychosocial aspects, including quality of life, stress, mental health, sexual health, work productivity, race and ethnicity, and satisfaction of medical care. Validated questionnaires show that women with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis and urinary tract infections have decreased scores on all aspects of quality of life. Those with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis and urinary tract infections show lower mental health scores compared to the general population, with increased risk of anxiety and depression. Recurrent urogenital infections affect sexual relationships and intimacy, including avoidance due to symptoms or as a method of prevention. Recurrent infections also increase medical cost and negatively affect work productivity, leading to a combined estimated cost of over US$13 billion per year. There are clear effects of racial inequality involving minority populations that affect diagnosis, treatment, prevalence, and reporting of recurrent urogenital infections. Satisfactory medical treatment improves quality of life and mental health in those suffering from these conditions. Research evaluating psychosocial aspects of recurrent urogenital infections is variable and is not comparable across vulvovaginal conditions. Even so, psychosocial factors are important in understanding contribution and consequence of urogenital infections. Education, awareness, normalization, community support, and access to care can help to alleviate the negative implications of recurrent urogenital infections.
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