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. 2018 May 21;7(2):43.
doi: 10.3390/antibiotics7020043.

Reevaluation of the Acute Cystitis Symptom Score, a Self-Reporting Questionnaire. Part II. Patient-Reported Outcome Assessment

Jakhongir F Alidjanov  1   2 , Kurt G Naber  3 , Ulugbek A Abdufattaev  4 , Adrian Pilatz  5 , Florian M Wagenlehner  6
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Reevaluation of the Acute Cystitis Symptom Score, a Self-Reporting Questionnaire. Part II. Patient-Reported Outcome Assessment

Jakhongir F Alidjanov et al. Antibiotics (Basel). .

Abstract

This study aimed to reevaluate the Acute Cystitis Symptom Score (ACSS). The ACSS is a self-reporting questionnaire for the clinical diagnosis of acute uncomplicated cystitis (AC) and the assessment of symptomatic changes after therapy in female patients with AC. The part II of the present study was to reevaluate the utility of the different domains of the ACSS after therapy. The applicability of these domains in assessing changes in symptoms, as a function of time, in this population was investigated. The ACSS was evaluated in 48 female patients (mean age 31.1 ± 10.6) in the Uzbek and Russian languages, who returned after therapy and filled in part B of the ACSS, which corresponds to part A with the additional “Dynamics” domain. Descriptive statistics were used, where suitable. The reduction of typical symptoms and quality of life assessment between first and follow-up visit correlated significantly with answers in the “Dynamics” domain. Success/Cure and Non-success/Failure could be clearly differentiated by the scores obtained in “Typical” and “Quality of Life” domains. The ACSS has proven to be a useful instrument to clinically diagnose AC in women. It is also a suitable instrument for patient-reported outcome measures, with applicability both in daily practice and clinical studies. Slight modifications in the “Dynamics” domain will even increase the applicability.

Keywords: Acute Cystitis Symptom Score; cystitis; female; patient-reported outcome; quality of life; questionnaire; urinary tract infection.

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Distribution of scores at visit 1 and follow-up svisit in 48 female patients with AC. (a) Frequency; (b)Urgency; (c) Painful urination; (d) Incomplete bladder emptying; (e) Discomfort lower abdomen; (f) Blood in urine; (g) Quality of Life: General Discomfort; (h) Quality of Live: Everyday Activity; (i) Quality of Live: Social Activity.
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Figure 1
Distribution of scores at visit 1 and follow-up svisit in 48 female patients with AC. (a) Frequency; (b)Urgency; (c) Painful urination; (d) Incomplete bladder emptying; (e) Discomfort lower abdomen; (f) Blood in urine; (g) Quality of Life: General Discomfort; (h) Quality of Live: Everyday Activity; (i) Quality of Live: Social Activity.
Figure 1
Figure 1
Distribution of scores at visit 1 and follow-up svisit in 48 female patients with AC. (a) Frequency; (b)Urgency; (c) Painful urination; (d) Incomplete bladder emptying; (e) Discomfort lower abdomen; (f) Blood in urine; (g) Quality of Life: General Discomfort; (h) Quality of Live: Everyday Activity; (i) Quality of Live: Social Activity.
Figure 1
Figure 1
Distribution of scores at visit 1 and follow-up svisit in 48 female patients with AC. (a) Frequency; (b)Urgency; (c) Painful urination; (d) Incomplete bladder emptying; (e) Discomfort lower abdomen; (f) Blood in urine; (g) Quality of Life: General Discomfort; (h) Quality of Live: Everyday Activity; (i) Quality of Live: Social Activity.
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Figure 2
Individual scores for “Typical” versus “Dynamics” domain obtained from 48 female patients at the follow-up visit.
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Figure 3
Individual scores for “Quality of Life (QoL)” versus “Dynamics” domain obtained from 48 female patients at the follow-up visit.
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Figure 4
Individual scores for “Typical” plus “Quality of Life (QoL)” versus “Dynamics” domain obtained from 48 female patients at the follow-up visit.
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Figure 5
Individual scores for “Typical” versus “Quality of Life (QoL)” domain obtained from 48 female patients at the follow-up visit.
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