Abstract
Commentary: The Vaginal and Urinary Microbiomes in Premenopausal Women With Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome as Compared to Unaffected Controls: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study.
Highlights
Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (ICBPS) is a disease of unknown etiology, with symptoms of intermittent or chronic pelvic pain and lower urinary tract symptoms such as frequency and urgency
Three methods of scoring Prolapse/Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire – International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) Revised (PISQ-IR) domains were evaluated by the authors of the questionnaire: simple summation, transformed summation, and mean calculation
Simple summation which is the process of just adding up the answers is not recommended
Summary
The Vaginal and Urinary Microbiomes in Premenopausal Women With Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome as Compared to Unaffected Controls: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study by Meriwether, K. Meriwether et al have assessed the vaginal and urinary microbiome to detect alterations associated with the presence of Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (ICBPS). The study group included 23 women with ICBPS and 18 controls. No significant differences were found in the vaginal or urinary microbiome between the groups. ICBPS women presented lower scores in the applied questionnaires: Overactive Bladder Questionnaire, Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory-20, modified Body Image Scale and several Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire – IUGA Revised (PISQ-IR) domains in sexually active women.
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