How self-assessment of chronic prostatitis?
Chronic prostatitis is a more common genito-urinary system diseases, their symptoms are more, the performance of complex illness good times and bad, so that patients with headaches over the problem. Recently, the U.S. National Institutes of Health experts, including nine developed the questionnaire, patients with chronic prostatitis could be based on the conditions for self-evaluation.
The questionnaires were in chronic prostatitis caused by pain or discomfort. On the impact of urination, as well as assess the impact of the quality of life. Patients according to the situation over the past week, answer the following questions and note the gains scores for each question.
1. Whether it has experienced the following events? (Experienced as a sub, there is no 0 points, note the total score based question mark)
A urethral burning when urinating or pain
B in sexual climax (ejaculation) or after sexual intercourse when you have pain or discomfort
2. In the following area had pain or discomfort do? (There have been 1 minute, did not 0 points, note the total score-oriented question mark)
A perineum (between the anus and external genitalia)
B testicular
C penis head (nothing to do with urination)
D bladder or pubic area
3. (Following on the title) pain or discomfort often happen?
A never 0 points
B a few times a sub –
C and sometimes 2 points
D Most of the time 3 pm
E is almost always 4 points
F is always E sub –
4. (Following on the title) which of the following best describes a number of pain or discomfort of the “average level”? ( “0″ means no pain, followed by increments to the most serious “10″, indicating the most severe pain imaginable, The selected number of the scores of this title)
012,345,678,910
5. Urination after the end of a sense of whether or not the frequent urination?
A not 0 points
B 5 times in less than 1 1 min
C less than half the number of two sub –
D about half the number of 3 points
E More than half of the number of 4 points
F is almost always 5 minutes
6. Within two hours after urination, urinating feel again?
A not 0 points
B 5 times in less than 1 1 min
C less than half the number of two sub –
D about half the number of 3 points
E More than half of the number of 4 points
F is almost always 5 minutes
7. Ill post Does this affect their daily work?
A No 0 points
B almost no one sub –
C and sometimes 2 points
D Many times 3 minutes
8. It is always thought of the symptoms exist?
A never 0 points
B is almost not a sub –
C and sometimes 2 points
D Many times 3 minutes
9. In later life, if the total of these symptoms with you, and how you feel like?
A very happy 0 points
B Happy 1 min
C satisfied with most of the time 2 minutes
D satisfaction and dissatisfaction are three sub –
E Most of the time are not satisfied with 4 points
F unhappy about 5 minutes
G uncomfortable 6 points
1-4 Evaluation self-assessment questions are pain or discomfort symptoms, total score 0-21 points. Among them, the first 1-2 parts, entitled pain score of 0-6 points; No. 3, entitled pain frequency, total score 0-5 points: section 4, entitled pain severity score of 0-10 points. 5-6 The question is on the voiding symptoms. Total score 0-10 points. 7-9 The problem is the impact of illness on quality of life score of 0-12 points.
The above self-assessment method is not used to determine whether the chronic prostatitis, but the doctor diagnosed as prostatitis cases, to determine severity of disease or outcome of treatment. The higher scores indicating more severe disease, total score dropped that condition has improved or effective treatment.