Assessment of Quality of Life of Partners of Patients with Benign Prostate Hyperplasia: Does Benign Prostate Hyperplasia Disturb Female Partners?

Abstract

A AB BS S T TR RA AC CT T O Ob b j je ec c t ti i v ve e: : Be nign pros ta te hyperp la si a (BPH) is a com mon he alth prob lem thro ug ho ut the world. The aim of the study was to eva lu a te the con se qu en ce of BPH on part ners by using Tur kish ver si on of a spe ci fic qu a lity of li fe (QoL) sca le for part ners of BPH pa ti ents. M Ma a t te e r ri i a al l a an nd d M Me et t h ho od ds s: : The study gro up con sis ted of part ners of 300 BPH pa ti ents who we re ad mit ted to uro logy out pa ti ent de part ments of two uni ver sity hos pi tals (Düz ce Uni ver sity and Ce lal Ba yar Uni ver sity) with lo wer uri nary tract symptoms. BPH pa ti ents we re as ked to fill out In ter na ti o nal Pros ta te Symptom Sco re (IPSS) form, whi le fe ma le part ners we re se pa ra tely re qu es ted to comp le te the spe ci fic QoL qu es ti on na i re. R Re e s su ul lt ts s: : The me an age of pa ti ents with BPH was 63.8 ± 7.2 ye ars and it was 56.3 ± 6.5 ye ars for fe ma le part ners. The re sults of the spe ci fic qu es ti on na i re sho wed that QoL of partners we re sig ni fi cantly affected. Par ti cu larly, most of the the part ners had the fe ar of can cer de velop ment and pos si bi lity of sur gery for the ir hus bands, 77% (231/300 part ners) and 79% (237/300 part ners), res pec ti vely. At night ma jo rity of part ners woke up fre qu ently be ca u se of the ir hus bands, however mostl of them dec la red no or litt le dis tur ban ce in terms of being ti red du ring the day. On the ot her hand, it was re ve a led that the re was a sig ni fi cant cor re la ti on bet we en QoL deg re es of part ners and IPSS va lu es of BPH pa ti ents (p< 0.001; cor re la ti on co ef fi ci ent 0.664). C Co on nc c l lu u s si i o on n: : BPH sig ni fi cantly im pa irs the QoL of fe ma le part ners. This ne ga ti ve im pact cor re la tes with the IPSS va lu es of BPH pa ti ents. The re fo re, the physi ci ans sho uld al so con si der bur den of the fe ma le part ners in the ma na ge ment of BPH pa ti ents. K Ke ey y W Wo or rd ds s: : Pros ta tic hyperp la si a; pros ta te; qu a lity of li fe Ö ÖZ ZE ET T A Am ma aç ç: : Be nign pros tat hi perp la zi si (BPH), tüm dün ya da yay gın bir has ta lık tır. Bu ça lış ma da BPH'nın BPH'lı has ta part ner le rin de ki et ki le ri nin spe si fik ha yat ka li te si (QoL) ska la sı va sı ta sıy la değer len di ril me si amaç lan mış tır. G Ge e r re eç ç v ve e Y Yö ön n t te em m l le er r: : Ça lış ma gru bu, iki üni ver si te has ta ne si nin (Düz ce Üni ver si te si ve Ce lal Ba yar Üni ver si te si) üro lo ji po lik li nik le ri ne baş vu ran, alt üri ner sis tem şika ye ti ne sa hip 300 BPH'lı has ta dan oluş muş tur. BPH has ta la rı Ulus la ra ra sı Pros tat Semp tom Skoru (IPSS) ile de ğer len di ri lir ken, eş le ri olan ka dın lar dan ay rı bir bö lüm de spe si fik QoL an ke ti ni cevap la ma la rı is ten miş tir. B Bu ul l g gu u l la ar r: : Yaş or ta la ma sı BPH'lı has ta lar da 63.8 ± 7.2 yıl, ka dın lar da ise 56.3 ± 6.5 yıl idi. Spe si fik QoL an ket so nuç la r...