PMID- 23515960
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140930
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1433-8726 (Electronic)
IS  - 0724-4983 (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 6
DP  - 2013 Dec
TI  - A population-based survey of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and 
      symptom-specific bother: results from the Brazilian LUTS epidemiology study 
      (BLUES).
PG  - 1451-8
LID - 10.1007/s00345-013-1057-8 [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: To examine the prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and the 
      bother they impose in a population-based sample of adults in Brazil. METHODS: A 
      cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted between September 2006 and 
      January 2007 in the city of Salvador, Brazil. Cluster samples of representative 
      households were randomly selected for interviews. A structured questionnaire was 
      administered to men and women aged 30 years or older by trained interviewers. 
      Participants were asked about the presence of individual LUTS using current 
      International Continence Society (ICS) definitions and rated their symptom 
      bother. Those with overactive bladder (OAB) also responded the OAB-Validated 8 
      and the Patient Perception of Bladder Condition questionnaires. RESULTS: Of 3,616 
      eligible subjects, 3,000 (83%) participated (1,500 men and 1,500 women). OAB was 
      present in 5.1% of men and in 10% of the women, while the prevalence of any LUTS 
      was 81.5 and 84.1%, respectively. The majority of subjects with OAB, 80% of men 
      and 78% of women, reported some bother associated with their urgency symptoms. 
      Overall, storage symptoms were more common than voiding or postmicturition 
      symptoms. Women reported storage symptoms (76.4%) more frequently than men 
      (67.7%), while the opposite was true for voiding (men 39.7%, women 33.7%) and 
      postmicturition (men 30.9%, women 12.8%). CONCLUSIONS: This is the largest 
      population-based survey of LUTS in Brazil, using the 2002 ICS definitions. LUTS 
      prevalence was high and increased with age among both genders in Brazil, whereas 
      the rates of OAB were somewhat lower than previously reported. The high 
      prevalence of urinary symptoms and the bother commonly associated with them 
      highlight their importance to overall well-being.
FAU - Moreira, Edson D Jr
AU  - Moreira ED Jr
AD  - Centro de Pesquisa Clinica, Associacao Obras Sociais Irma Dulce, Salvador, BA, 
      Brazil, edson@bahia.fiocruz.br.
FAU - Neves, Raimundo C S
AU  - Neves RC
FAU - Neto, Antonio Fernandes
AU  - Neto AF
FAU - Duarte, Fernanda G
AU  - Duarte FG
FAU - Moreira, Teresinha L
AU  - Moreira TL
FAU - Lobo, Carlos F L
AU  - Lobo CF
FAU - Glasser, Dale B
AU  - Glasser DB
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20130321
PL  - Germany
TA  - World J Urol
JT  - World journal of urology
JID - 8307716
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Brazil/epidemiology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms/*epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Quality of Life/*psychology
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Urinary Bladder, Overactive/epidemiology/psychology
EDAT- 2013/03/22 06:00
MHDA- 2014/10/01 06:00
CRDT- 2013/03/22 06:00
PHST- 2013/01/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/03/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/03/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/03/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/10/01 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s00345-013-1057-8 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - World J Urol. 2013 Dec;31(6):1451-8. doi: 10.1007/s00345-013-1057-8. Epub 2013 
      Mar 21.