Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes: Collaborative Management Between Gynecologists and Urologists

Pain syndrome located in the urogenital and pelvic area in a chronic way are a common and debilitating problem, with a significant impact on the quality of life of patients. Therefore, this current study aimed to enroll clinical findings of chronic pelvic pain syndrome alongside with assessed health quality of life in women who were diagnosed with CPPS. A data of 92 women patients with chronic pelvic pain syndromes were enrolled in this current study. We collected clinical findings of all 92 women from medical records at different hospitals in Iraq during a 12-month follow-up. We evaluated severity pain scores by the VAS scale and pelvic pain impact by pelvic pain and urgency/frequency questionnaire, and quality of life using the SF-12 PCS. Furthermore, this study was also investigate the satisfaction rate of women on the improvement throughout treatment. Our study enrolled improvements of women patients after referral to treatment. Based on clinical outcomes of chronic pelvic pain, pain scores had 7.3 ± 0.2, lower urinary tract symptoms was 17.3 ± 1.2, sleep quality was 2.2 ± 0.8, sexual function was 1.7 ± 0.6 at baseline, while pain scores got 4.0 ± 0.3 with total improvement 46.8%, and sleep quality had 3.5 ± 0.8 with 42.1%, sexual function with 37.3%, and ability to perform daily activities had 44.7%, where 66.31% women patients were satisfied on referral to treatments. This study demonstrates that managing pelvic pain syndrome through therapy significantly improves the quality of life of women with this condition.