Rationale and design of the validation of bladder health instrument for evaluation in women (VIEW) protocol

• Main Authors: Emily S. Lukacz (Author), Melissa L. Constantine (Author), Lisa Kane Low (Author), Jerry L. Lowder (Author), Alayne D. Markland (Author), Elizabeth R. Mueller (Author), Diane K. Newman (Author), Leslie M. Rickey (Author), Todd Rockwood (Author), Kyle Rudser (Author), for the Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Bladder health is an understudied state and difficult to measure due to lack of valid and reliable instruments. While condition specific questionnaires assess presence, severity and degree of bother from lower urinary tract symptoms, the absence of symptoms is insufficient to ass...