OBJECTIVES: No standard screening instrument is available enabling physicians to assign the diagnosis chronic @entity2371 (CPP) to @entity1 with lower @entity490 . Therefore, our aim was to evaluate an easy-to-use questionnaire, which can be applied as a validated primary screening test for diagnosing CPP. STUDY DESIGN: From the general female population, 577 @entity1 completed a questionnaire addressing chronic symptoms in the pelvic region. Included were (amongst others) questions on lower @entity490 , @entity1643 , @entity1109 , @entity546 , pelveo-perineal dysesthetic feelings and evacuation problems. Serious chronic lower @entity490 of unknown origin was considered as CPP. Three criteria were applied to validate the questionnaire: construct validity, comparison with results of a previous study and content validity. In addition, the internal consistency was checked to ascertain the reliability of the questionnaire. RESULTS: All items, with the exception of those concerning @entity1109 and @entity546 , withstood the validity tests applied, were interrelated and occurred significantly more often in @entity1 with CPP than those without. There were no significant differences in the frequency of the occurrence of @entity1643 , @entity546 and evacuation problems between CPP @entity1 in the current community study and outpatients diagnosed with CPP in an earlier study performed at the University Hospital Rotterdam. Compared to our current study group, pelveo-perineal @entity809 (PPD) and @entity1109 were significantly more often reported by the CPP outpatients. CONCLUSION: The CPP questionnaire can be considered as a validated tool for primary screening of CPP.

Questionnaire as diagnostic tool in chronic XXXX (CPP): a pilot study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women'] @entity1643 :: ('MESH:D017116', 'Disease') :: ['low back pain'] @entity809 :: ('MESH:D010292', 'Disease') :: ['dysesthesia'] @entity1109 :: ('MESH:D012678', 'Disease') :: ['voiding symptoms'] @entity2371 :: ('MESH:D017699', 'Disease') :: ['pelvic pain'] @entity490 :: ('MESH:D015746', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal pain'] @entity546 :: ('MESH:D004414', 'Disease') :: ['dyspareunia']
@entity2371 :: (MESH:D017699,Disease) :: ['pelvic pain']
