O'leary Michael P
Rev Urol. 2005 Winter;7(1):1-10.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a condition that is common among older men. It causes a variety of clinically significant lower urinary tract signs and symptoms. BPH is rarely life-threatening; the decision to seek treatment is frequently based on the degree to which patients find the symptoms bothersome and disruptive of daily activities. Recently developed reliable and valid outcome measures to evaluate treatments for BPH are clinical tools that urologists can use to determine the extent of bother and make treatment decisions. A single question used to determine the "bother score" provides a widely used and statistically valid measure of the need for treatment of BPH. Validation data support the argument that the bother score is a statistically reliable measure of treatment outcome in patients with BPH who view their symptoms as bothersome.
良性前列腺增生(BPH)是一种在老年男性中常见的病症。它会引发多种具有临床意义的下尿路症状和体征。BPH很少危及生命;是否寻求治疗的决定通常取决于患者认为症状对日常生活造成困扰和干扰的程度。最近开发的用于评估BPH治疗效果的可靠且有效的结局指标是泌尿科医生可用于确定困扰程度并做出治疗决策的临床工具。一个用于确定“困扰评分”的单一问题提供了一种广泛使用且在统计学上有效的衡量BPH治疗需求的方法。验证数据支持这样的观点,即困扰评分是在那些认为自身症状令人困扰的BPH患者中,对治疗结果进行统计学可靠衡量的指标。