It's About Time: The Temporal Burden of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Among Women

Williams, Beverly Rosa; Vargo, Keith; Newman, Diane K.; LaCoursiere, D. Yvette; Connett, John E.; Low, Lisa Kane; James, Aimee S.; Smith, Ariana L.; Schmitz, Kathryn H.; Burgio, Kathryn L.

doi:10.7257/1053-816x.2020.40.6.277

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“…LUTS can occur for several years and followed by the emergence of anxiety and depression; in contrast, LUTS can occur for several years following the occurrence of anxiety and depression. Temporal relationship stands for a time-associated feature of LUTS, which describes a chronic progression of the disease 30 . A nationwide observational study by Huang et al 24 demonstrated the temporal bidirectional correlation.…”

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“…LUTS were proven as predictors for the development of mental disorders and subsequent poor QoL 31 . The burden of LUTS accumulates in daily lives in a temporal progressing process 30 . Higher anxiety-related disorders are more likely to be associated with functional loss among patients with LUTS 32,33 .…”

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confidence: 99%

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The reciprocal impacts of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) on mental illness

Chang,

Liao,

Huang

et al. 2024

Urological Science

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Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are defined as symptoms related to the lower urinary tract or referred from similarly innervated anatomy. No specific criteria are used to precisely define LUTS owing to its multiorgan involvement instead of organ-centric (urethra and bladder). In the past decade, the prevalence of LUTS dramatically increased owing to low health care seeking behaviors. Initially, patients with LUTS seemed to not actively look for medical opinions because of cultural or ethnic barriers. Raising awareness of the significance of medical opinions may contribute to increasing health care seeking behaviors for LUTS. In addition to the association between LUTS and mental illness, a temporal relationship exists, that is, LUTS may cause mental illness and vice versa. This bidirectional correlation relationship was demonstrated by a nationwide observational study. The impacts of LUTS vary among different age groups. Older adults have higher LUTS prevalence, whereas younger ones with LUTS have higher risks of developing anxiety and depression. Similarly, the impacts of LUTS differ between men and women. Women have higher LUTS prevalence; however, men with LUTS have higher risks of developing anxiety and depression. In conclusion, significant association and temporal bidirectional relationship exist between LUTS and mental health. Our findings suggested that patients with LUTS also receive mental illness–related health care; similarly, patients with mental illness may have risks of developing subsequent LUTS.

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confidence: 99%