J. Quentin Clemens

OBJECTIVE: To develop a consensus on diagnostic criteria for interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A subcommittee was identified based on expertise in IC/BPS diagnostic criteria. An outline was genera…

Cover: The cover image is from the Clinical Article Validation of a simple body map to measure widespread pain in urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome: A MAPP Research Network study by Clemens JQ, Locke K, Landis JR, et al. Neurourol Urody…

PURPOSE: In patients with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS), the presence of widespread pain appears to identify a distinct phenotype, with a different symptom trajectory and potentially different response to treatment than pati…

PURPOSE: We assessed the reliability and validity of an efficient severity assessment for pelvic pain and urinary symptoms in urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome, which consists of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome and chronic…

OBJECTIVE: To describe the frequency, intensity and duration of urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome symptom exacerbations ('flares'), as well as risk factors for these features, in the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic …

ObjectiveTo evaluate if patients with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndromes (UCPPS) with longer duration of symptoms experience more severe pain and urologic symptoms, higher rates of chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPC) and psychoso…

PURPOSE: To estimate the association of chronic non-urologic conditions [i.e., fibromyalgia (FM), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)] with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with interstitial …

You have accessJournal of UrologyInfections/Inflammation of the Genitourinary Tract: Interstitial Cystitis1 Apr 2012818 THE IMPACT OF NON-UROLOGIC CONDITIONS ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS Anne M. Suskind, Sandra …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the prevalence and correlates of general and bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC)-specific sexual dysfunction among women in the RAND Interstitial Cystitis Epidemiology study using a probability sample…

You have accessJournal of UrologyUrodynamics/Incontinence/Female Urology: Female Urology I1 Apr 20101507 A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SYMPTOM CLUSTERING AMONG WOMEN DIAGNOSED WITH INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS/ PAINFUL BLADDER SYNDROME, ENDOMETRIOSIS,…

PURPOSE: No standard case definition exists for interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome for patient screening or epidemiological studies. As part of the RAND Interstitial Cystitis Epidemiology study, we developed a case definition fo…

PURPOSE: In women symptoms of interstitial cystitis are difficult to distinguish from those of painful bladder syndrome and they appear to overlap with those of urinary tract infection, chronic urethral syndrome, overactive bladder, vulvody…