NIH-CPSI scores of the patients
| Score | Surgical group (n=20) | Non-surgical group (n=52) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before treatment | After 3 months | p-value | After 6 months | p-value | Before treatment | After 3 months | p-value | After 6 months | p-value | |
| Pain score | 9.0 (7.5-10.0) | 7.0 (5.5-10.0) | 0.144 | 4.5 (3.0-5.0) | <0.001 | 9.0 (7.0-10.0) | 8.0 (8.0-10.0) | 0.595 | 9.0 (8.0-10.0) | 0.245 |
| Voiding score | 6.5 (6.0-7.5) | 5.0 (4.5-6.0) | 0.011 | 3.0 (2.0-4.5) | <0.001 | 7.0 (6.0-7.0) | 6.5 (5.0-8.0) | 0.257 | 7.0 (6.0-8.0) | 0.050 |
| QoL score | 5.0 (4.0-5.0) | 3.0 (2.5-4.0) | <0.001 | 2.0 (1.0-2.5) | <0.001 | 4.0 (4.0-5.0) | 4.0 (4.0-5.0) | 0.218 | 4.0 (4.0-5.0) | 0.135 |
Values are presented as median (Q1-Q3) by descriptive analysis.
p-values were calculated using the Wilcoxon signed rank test.
NIH-CPSI: National Institutes of Health-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index, QoL: quality of life.