Validation of the American English Version of The Acute Cystitis Symptom Score

Alidjanov, Jakhongir F; Naber, Kurt G.; Pilatz, Adrian; Wagenlehner, Florian M. E.

doi:10.20944/preprints202011.0484.v1

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“…Broader spectrum antibiotics, such as carbapenems, fluoroquinolones or cephalosporins, however, should be saved for patients with more severe infections, whereas patients with benign infections like AC should be treated initially with narrow spectrum antibiotics in accordance with the actual guidelines, availability and local patterns of susceptibility [2]. Therefore, fast and unequivocal diagnosis and outcome assessment of uncomplicated AC is extremely [12][13][14][15][16]18]. The ACSS nowadays is filled out by hundreds of female patients suffering from AC and has proved to be valuable in clinical practice and was also included in the updated German guidelines on uncomplicated UTI [29].…”

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“…The validated British English version was taken into account as a reference before the final Hungarian version was accepted. The process of translation and linguistic validation was published by our workgroup in details earlier [12][13][14][15][16]18].…”

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“…Thereafter, the ACSS was translated into and validated in German and British English languages. The ACSS and its scoring system has demonstrated high values of reliability, validity and discriminative abilities in all studies held in Uzbekistan, Germany and Great Britain [12][13][14][15][16]. The evaluation of the ACSS in other languages, such as Polish, Romanian, Ukrainian, and American English is in preparation.…”

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“…Уросепсис -загрозливий для життя стан, спричинений дисрегуляцією відповіді макроорганізму на інфекційний агент, який походить із сечовивідних шляхів [14].…”

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Review of current clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections in women

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Тутченко²,

Шумицький³

2019

Reproductive Endocrinology

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Recurrent urinary tract infections in women is a challenging issue for many specialists including gynecologists. The article provides an overview of current evidence based recommendations on causes, risk factors and algorithms for diagnosing urinary tract infections in women, as well as current views on asymptomatic bacteriuria. New clinical guidelines focus on the need to pay greater attention to the problem of antibiotic resistance, which continues to grow primarily due to the excessive and often unsystematic use of antibacterial drugs. The most common pathogen of acute and recurrent uncomplicated cystitis is Escherichia coli, less common Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis. The most common cause of urethritis in women of reproductive age is sexually transmitted infections: Neisseria gonorrhea, Chlamydia trachomatis, Trichomonas vaginalis, Mycoplasma spр.., Ureaplasma spp. In postmenopausal women noncommunicable causes predominate. According to the American Urological Association, the Canadian Urological Association, the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction recommendations from 2019 all women with clinical manifestations of urethritis/cystitis should undergo gynecological examination and comprehensive laboratory examination. The main signs of urinary tract infection in general urine analysis are pyuria; presence of nitrites; minor or moderate proteinuria; changes in physical properties, presence of erythrocytes (nonspecific signs). Of great importance for the effective treatment of recurrent urinary tract infections is urine culture with definitions of the sensitivity of the pathogens to antibiotics. The effectiveness of urine culture tests depends on the accuracy of biomaterial collection and the conditions for its storage/transportation at the preanalytical stage. Because of the similarity of clinical manifestations of cystitis with urethritis, the cause of which in most cases is sexually transmitted infections, all women need undergo comprehensive clinical and laboratory examination, including gynecological examination and modern diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections.

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Clinical Validation of the Greek Version of the Acute Cystitis Symptom Score (ACSS)—Part II

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The Acute Cystitis Symptom Score (ACSS) is a patient self-reporting questionnaire for the clinical diagnosis and patient-reported outcome (PRO) in women with acute uncomplicated cystitis (AC). The aim of the current study (part II) is the clinical validation of the Greek ACSS questionnaire. After linguistic validation according to internationally accepted guidelines and cognitive assessment (part I), the clinical validation was performed by using the Greek ACSS study version in 92 evaluable female participants including 53 patients with symptoms suspicious of AC and 39 controls. The clinical outcome using the ACSS questionnaire at different points in time after the start of treatment was demonstrated as well. The age (mean ± SD) of the 53 patients (44.7 ± 17.0 years) and 39 controls (49.3 ± 15.9 years) and their additional conditions at baseline visits, such as menstruation, premenstrual syndrome, pregnancy, menopause, diabetes mellitus, were comparable. There was, however, a significant difference (p < 0.001) between patients and controls at baseline visit regarding sum score of the ACSS domains, such as typical symptoms and quality of life. The clinical outcome of up to 7 days showed a fast reduction of the symptom scores and improvement of quality of life. The optimal thresholds for the patient-reported outcome of successful therapy could be established. The linguistically and clinically validated Greek ACSS questionnaire can now be used for clinical or epidemiological studies and also for patients’ self-diagnosis of AC and as a PRO measure tool.

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Validation of the American English Version of The Acute Cystitis Symptom Score

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References 7 publications

The role of Acute Cystitis Symptom Score questionnaire for research and antimicrobial stewardship. Validation of the Hungarian version

The role of Acute Cystitis Symptom Score questionnaire for research and antimicrobial stewardship. Validation of the Hungarian version

Review of current clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections in women

Clinical Validation of the Greek Version of the Acute Cystitis Symptom Score (ACSS)—Part II

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