Catherine S. Bradley

article 2025

Urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome 3‐year symptom trajectories: the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain ( MAPP) Symptom Patterns Study

·doi:10.1111/bju.70087

OBJECTIVES: To characterise 3-year pelvic pain and urinary symptom trajectories and to identify baseline factors associated with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS) improvement. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The Trans-Multidisciplinary Ap…

2024

Believing women: a qualitative exploration of provider disbelief and pain dismissal among women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome from the MAPP research network.

International urogynecology journal ·doi:10.1007/s00192-023-05677-0

Introduction and hypothesisAlthough allusions to the importance of a good physician-patient relationship are present throughout the interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) literature, qualitative analysis of patients' perspecti…

2023

Neurobiology and long-term impact of bladder-filling pain in humans: a Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) research network study.

Pain ·doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002944

AbstractPain with bladder filling remains an unexplained clinical presentation with limited treatment options. Here, we aim to establish the clinical significance of bladder filling pain using a standardized test and the associated neural s…

letter 2023

Reply By Authors

·doi:10.1097/ju.0000000000003699.02

You have accessJournal of UrologyOriginal Research Articles1 Jan 2024Reply By Authorsis a reply to letterEditorial Comment Ishtiaq Mawla, Andrew Schrepf, Jason J. Kutch, Margaret E. Helmuth, Abigail R. Smith, Eric Ichesco, Claire C. Yang, V…

2022

Is Pelvic Floor Muscle Tenderness a Distinct Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome Phenotype? Findings from the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Research Network Symptom Pattern Study.

The Journal of urology ·doi:10.1097/ju.0000000000002679

PurposeOf women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome and men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome 85% have concomitant pelvic floor muscle tenderness (PFT). The significance of this finding is incompletely under…

article 2019

A longitudinal analysis of urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome flares in the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain ( MAPP ) Research Network

·doi:10.1111/bju.14783

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 …

article 2019

Changes in whole body pain intensity and widespreadness during urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome flares—Findings from one site of the MAPP study

·doi:10.1002/nau.24150

OBJECTIVE: To investigate changes in whole body pain during urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS) flares. MATERIALS AND METHODS: UCPPS participants at one site of the multidisciplinary approach to the study of chronic pelvic pain re…

article 2018

MP39-12 CHANGES IN WHOLE BODY PAIN INTENSITY AND WIDESPREAD-NESS DURING UROLOGIC CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN SYNDROME SYMPTOM (UCPPS) FLARES – FINDINGS FROM ONE SITE OF THE MAPP STUDY

·doi:10.1016/j.juro.2018.02.1259

shift artifacts in the measurements of bladder wall thickness (BWT), CNR and T1 from 20 pixels. RESULTS: Subjects did not complain of any pain or discomfort from 50mL NCM instillation, beyond that caused by the catheterization process. Four…

article 2018

Symptom Duration in Patients With Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome is not Associated With Pain Severity, Nonurologic Syndromes and Mental Health Symptoms: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Network Study

·doi:10.1016/j.urology.2018.11.015

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…

article 2017

Characterization of Whole Body Pain in Urological Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome at Baseline: A MAPP Research Network Study

·doi:10.1016/j.juro.2017.03.132

PURPOSE: We characterized the location and spatial distribution of whole body pain in patients with urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome using a body map. We also compared the severity of urinary symptoms, pelvic pain, nonpelvic pain and…