Examining lower urinary tract symptom constellations using cluster analysis

被引:28
作者
Coyne, Karin S. [1 ]
Matza, Louis S. [1 ]
Kopp, Zoe S. [2 ]
Thompson, Christine [1 ]
Henry, David [3 ]
Irwin, Debra E. [4 ]
Artibani, Walter [5 ]
Herschorn, Sender [6 ]
Milsom, Ian [7 ]
机构
[1] United BioSource Corp, Ctr Hlth Outcomes Res, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
[2] Pfizer Inc, New York, NY USA
[3] Univ Illinois, Dept Psychiat, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
[4] Univ N Carolina, Dept Epidemiol, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA
[5] Univ Padua, Urol Unit, Padua, Italy
[6] Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
[7] Sahlgrens Univ Hosp, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, S-41345 Gothenburg, Sweden
关键词
lower urinary tract symptoms; cluster analysis; epidemiology; survey;
D O I
10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07598.x
中图分类号
R5 [内科学]; R69 [泌尿科学(泌尿生殖系疾病)];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
OBJECTIVE To gain a better understanding of how patients experience lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and to determine whether particular symptoms cluster together, as LUTS seldom occur alone. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A secondary analysis of a cross-sectional, population-based survey of adults in Sweden, Italy, Germany, UK and Canada was undertaken to examine the presence of LUTS groups. Of the 19 165 telephone surveys, 13 519 respondents reported at least one LUTS and were included in the analysis. All respondents were asked about the presence of 14 LUTS (International Prostate Symptom Score plus seven additional LUTS). K-means cluster analyses, a statistical method for sorting objects into groups so that similar objects are grouped together, was used to identify groups of people based on their symptoms. Men and women were analysed separately. A split-half random sample was selected from the dataset so that exploratory analyses could be conducted in one half and confirmed in the second. On model confirmation, the sample was analysed in its entirety. RESULTS Included in this analysis were 5014 men (mean age 49.8 years; 95% white) and 8505 women (mean age 50.4 years; 96% white). Among both men and women, six distinct symptom cluster groups were identified and the symptom patterns of each cluster were examined. For both, the largest cluster consisted of respondents with minimal symptoms (i.e. reporting essentially one symptom), 56% of men and 57% of women. The remaining five clusters for men and women were labelled based on their predominant symptoms. For men, the clusters were nocturia of twice or more per night (12%); terminal dribble (11%); urgency (10%); multiple symptoms (9%); and postvoid incontinence (5%). For women, the clusters were nocturia of twice or more per night (12%); terminal dribble (10%); urgency (8%); stress incontinence (8%); and multiple symptoms (5%). The multiple-symptom groups had several and varied LUTS, were older, and had more comorbidities. Clusters of terminal dribble and male postvoid incontinence had a lower prevalence of all other LUTS, but were fairly common (11% and 5% of men). CONCLUSIONS This analysis provides an empirical approach to examining the presentation of multiple LUTS and suggests it is possible to identify subgroups of patients with LUTS based on their symptom presentation. These analyses need to be replicated to evaluate the clinical relevance of these findings.
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