Heidi Rishel Brakey

BACKGROUND: Despite many available treatments for female chronic pelvic pain, there is limited patient success, engagement, or compliance with therapy. No current methods allow providers to effectively collect and integrate patient perspect…

IMPORTANCE: Women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (ICBPS) face challenging treatment and feelings of isolation. Centering models of group medical visits have been successful in other spheres but have not been explored in IC…