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Physicians may underestimate severity of cystitis symptoms.(Gynecology)
ORLANDO, FLA. -- A perception gap exists between women with acute cystitis and their physicians in terms of assessment of symptom severity, Richard Colgan, M.D., said at WONCA 2004, the conference of the World Organization of Family Doctors.
He presented a survey of more than 9,000 physicians and acute cystitis patients that demonstrated physicians tend to underestimate the impact of acute cystitis-related symptoms on affected patients' quality of life.
The survey involved 1,972 American physicians--54% of them family physicians and 30% internists--and 7,254 of their acute cystitis outpatients. The survey was conducted prior to treatment as part of a Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp.-sponsored prospective open-label phase IV study of the safety and efficacy of a new once-daily extended-release formulation of ciprofloxacin.
The three symptoms under scrutiny in the survey were urgency, frequency, and dysuria. Physicians and their acute cystitis patients agreed on ...
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