Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40686848›Full record

ArticleTherapeutic advances in infectious disease

Understanding patient and healthcare provider perspectives of uncomplicated urinary tract infection: patient journey, disease management, and the impact of antimicrobial resistance.

Bhaskar Somani, Maria Sanchez-Grande, Aida Idrissi Kaitouni, Abbe Whittle, Miriam Thun-Winter, Amina Benkiran, Aruni Mulgirigama, Stephen Hughes

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Therapeutic advances in infectious disease. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Bhaskar SomaniFaculty of Medicine, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6248-6478
Maria Sanchez-GrandeuUTI Patient and Advocate, Research Organisation (KC) Ltd, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Aida Idrissi KaitouniuUTI Patient and Advocate, London, UK.
Abbe WhittleuUTI Patient and Advocate, East Sussex, UK.
Miriam Thun-WinteruUTI Patient and Advocate, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Amina BenkiranEmerging Markets, GSK, London, UK.
Aruni MulgirigamaGeneral Medicines,GSK, London, UK.
Stephen HughesChelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTIs/acute cystitis) carry a substantial physical and psychological burden that negatively impacts patient quality-of-life, particularly for those who experience recurrent infection. A disconnect can exist between patients and healthcare professionals (HCPs), leading to poor patient-HCP communication, suboptimal treatment, and feelings of frustration and anxiety for many patients. The views of four patient authors with recurrent UTI or chronic uUTI and two HCP authors managing patients with this disease are presented in this Patient Perspectives article. While HCPs recognize both the physical and mental impacts of recurrent uUTIs, most HCPs focus on relieving a patient's physical symptoms, often resulting in the psychological impact being overlooked. Inadequate testing, lengthy diagnostic procedures, and treatment failure caused by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) further exacerbate the problems associated with uUTIs, limiting the effectiveness of treatment options for patients. Enhancing education for patients and HCPs on AMR and the reasons why treatment failure might occur could improve the discourse between HCPs and patients, leading to improvements in the overall patient experience.

Indexed as

clinician-patient relationshippatient perspectives/narrativesquality-of-lifeshared decision makinguncomplicated urinary tract infectionwomen’s health

Identifiers

PMID40686848
PMCPMC12276519

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.