Risk Factors for Chronic Prostatitis Patients in Northwest China

Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Chronic Prostatitis With Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

Treatments: Behavioral: sexual habits; Drug: medication; Behavioral: lifestyle

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06385977

ShaanxiPPH

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to learn about the risk factors of lifestyle, medication and sexual habits in adult chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome patients. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Is lifestyle, medication, and sexual habits related to chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome
• Is there any medication available to protect men from chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome.

Participants will:

• Independently receive a survey questionnaire on lifestyle, medication, and sexual habits.
• Symptomatic individuals will undergo additional prostate fluid examination for diagnosis.

Researchers will compare healthy adult males to see if there are differences on lifestyle, medication and sexual habits between the two groups.

Full description

All participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire which was modified based on Zhang Ran's research. The questionnaire contained the following parts: patient's general situation, dietary habits, disease status, medication, lifestyle, sexual habits and NIH-CPSI index (National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index). Furthermore, the patients underwent digital rectal examination, expressed prostatic secretion microscopy and microbial culture, urinalysis, urine microbial culture and transrectal ultrasonography.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Discomfort or pain in the pelvic region or perineum;
• Symptoms lasting for at least 3 months;
• NIH-CPSI pain score of ≥ 4;
• Controls are volunteers who do not present any prostatitis-related symptoms.

Exclusion criteria

• Prostate cancer;
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia with a post-void residual urine volume of >50 ml;
• Acute urinary tract infection.

Trial design

400 participants in 2 patient groups

case group

Description:

participates diagnosed with Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Treatment:

Behavioral: lifestyle

Drug: medication

Behavioral: sexual habits

control group

Description:

participates without Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Treatment:

Behavioral: lifestyle

Drug: medication

Behavioral: sexual habits