Association between urinary symptoms and quality of life in HTLV-1 infected subjects without myelopathy

Objective To investigate the relationship between urinary symptoms and quality of life of patients infected with HTLV-1. Materials and Methods This is a cross-sectional study that enrolled individuals with HTLV-1 positive serology from February 2010 to March 2011. Participants were HTLV-1 infected subjects followed in the HTLV-1 clinic of the University Hospital in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Patients with HTLV-1 associated myelopathy / tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), who had evidence of other neurological diseases, diabetes mellitus or were pregnant were excluded from the study. The questionnaire SF-36 was used to evaluate quality of life and the questionnaire OAB-V8 was used to evaluate urinary symptoms. Results From the 118 individuals evaluated, 50 (42.4%) complained of urinary symptoms and 68 (57.6%) did not. Most participants were females. There was no difference between the groups regarding demographic variables. The group with symptoms showed significantly lower scores in all domains of the SF-36 questionnaire. The domains with greatest differences were vitality and general health state. Conclusions Urinary symptoms negatively influence the quality of life of individuals infected with HTLV-1.

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Main Authors:	Andrade,Rosana, Tanajura,Davi, Santana,Deise, Santos,Dislene dos, Carvalho,Edgar M.
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2013
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382013000600861
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