Prevalence of a Physician-Assigned Diagnosis of Prostatitis: The Olmsted County Study of Urinary Symptoms and Health Status Among Men

Roberts, Rosebud O.; Lieber, Michael; Rhodes, Thomas; Girman, C J; Bostwick, David G.; Jacobsen, Steven J.

doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(01)62187-6

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“…However, comparison with other sets of data is dif®cult because there is no uniform de®nition of prostatitis [9]. Moreover, every population includes`silent' sufferers who never visit a doctor and will be missed if the survey is based exclusively on healthcare registers or notes [4,11]. A comprehensive survey of symptoms and signs in a group of 163 men with chronic prostatitis (54 questions) was recently conducted via the Internet by Alexander and Trissel [10].…”

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Epidemiology of prostatitis in Finnish men: a population‐based cross‐sectional study

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Objective To study the lifetime occurrence of prostatitis in Finnish men and their exposure to the disease. Subjects and methods A population-based cross-sectional survey was conducted in the two most northerly provinces of Finland (Oulu and Lapland). Altogether, 2500 male residents aged 20±59 years were chosen at random to complete a questionnaire on prostatitis. The data were collected between June 1996 and October 1997. Replies were received from 1832 men, giving a response rate of 75%. Results The overall lifetime prevalence of prostatitis was 14.2%. The risk of having or having had prostatitis increased with age, being 1.7 times greater in men aged 40±49 years than in those aged 20±39 years, and 3.1 times greater in those aged 50±59 years. The overall incidence was 37.8/10 000 person years. More than a quarter of the 261 men who had or had had prostatitis symptoms (27%) suffered from them at least once a year, while 16% suffered from persistent symptoms; 63% of the men with prostatitis had their worst symptoms during the winter (November-March). Neither education nor profession had much in¯uence on the occurrence of prostatitis, but divorced and single men had a lower risk than married men. Most patients felt they had not received enough information about the disease at their ®rst visit to a general practitioner. Conclusions The results of this survey showed that the occurrence of prostatitis symptoms in men living in northern Finland is higher than that reported in other parts of the world. This could be partly caused by the cold climate.

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“…To date, there have been few epidemiological studies on prostatitis [4,10,11]. According to Nickel [12], prostatitis has a prevalence of 6% to 8%, is responsible for 25% of all male genitourinary clinic visits, and is the most common urological disorder in men aged under 50 years'.…”

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Epidemiology of prostatitis in Finnish men: a population‐based cross‐sectional study

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“…Although it was not clear whether the dorso-lateral prostate was involved or not this model demonstrated two distinct histological phases of bacterial inflammation in the ventral prostate. 73 During the initial acute infection stage (days [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] an acute response to the bacterial challenge with florid infiltration of polymorphonuclear cells into bacteria-containing spaces was observed. 74 As the infections became chronic, heavy lymphocyte infiltration and fibrous tissue proliferation completely engulfed the ventral prostatic lobe.…”

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Experimental rodent models of prostatitis: limitations and potential

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Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis

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Prostatitis is a polyetiological inflammation of the prostate gland in men characterized by pelvic pain, irritative voiding symptoms, and sexual dysfunction. Histologically prostatitis is characterized by poly-and mononuclear cell infiltrates (neutrophils, lymphocytes, macrophages and plasma cells) in the stromal connective tissue around the acini or ducts. Prostatitis is an important worldwide health problem in men. The pathogenesis and diagnostic criteria for the condition are obscure, with the result that the development of management programs for this condition has been hindered. Animal model(s) might be useful in elucidating mechanisms involved in the molecular pathogenesis of chronic nonbacterial prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Given that prostatitis might have a multifactorial etiology, several animal models with unique features may prove helpful. This review examines a number of experimental rodent models of prostatitis and evaluates their advantages and limitations.

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“…It has multiple etiologies, both infectious and noninfectious, which have been and continue to be the subject of much investigation. Due to the complex, multifactorial origin of this condition and the variety of presenting symptoms, its precise prevalence in the U.S. is uncertain, but has been estimated at 9 percent [1]. A 2002 epidemiology review found the prevalence of prostatitis-like symptoms ranged from as low as 3 percent to as high as 16 percent, depending on the definition used by the evaluating physician [2].…”

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Prostatitis: prevalence, Classification and Treatment

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2006

AMA Journal of Ethics

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Prevalence of a Physician-Assigned Diagnosis of Prostatitis: The Olmsted County Study of Urinary Symptoms and Health Status Among Men

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Epidemiology of prostatitis in Finnish men: a population‐based cross‐sectional study

Epidemiology of prostatitis in Finnish men: a population‐based cross‐sectional study

Experimental rodent models of prostatitis: limitations and potential

Prostatitis: prevalence, Classification and Treatment

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