Browsing by Author "Çam K."

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    Quality of life in benign prostatic hyperplasia; [Seli̇m prostat büyümesi̇nde yaşam kali̇teṡi]
    (2006) Müezzinoǧlu T.; Çam K.
    Introduction: In view of the growing tremendous interest in quality of life (QoL) in almost every field of medicine, the scope of this review was to address the place of QoL in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in terms of selecting appropriate treatment policy. Actually, the target of any proposed treatment for BPH is usually the symptoms of the patient. Therefore, it is more logical to know the status of QoL related to these symptoms for each particular patient in order to provide the most appropriate treatment. Since contemporary measures like symptom scores do not measure BPH specific QoL, they should not solely guide the physician in suggesting a treatment alternative for a BPH patient. In this review, QoL in BPH was discussed inclluding present data and future perspective.
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    Assessment of quality of life of partners of patients with benign prostate hyperplasia: Does benign prostate hyperplasia disturb female partners?; [Benign prostat hiperplazili hastalar;n partnerlerinin hayat kalitesinin deǧerlendirilmesi: Benign prostat hiperplazisi kad;nlar; rahats;z ediyor mu?]
    (Turkiye Klinikleri, 2010) Müezzinoǧlu T.; Çam K.; KayikçI A.; Lekili M.
    Objective: Benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) is a common health problem through-out the world. The aim of the study was to evaluate the consequence of BPH on partners by using Turkish version of a specific quality of life (QoL) scale for partners of BPH patients. Material and Methods: The study group consisted of partners of 300 BPH patients who were admitted to urology outpatient departments of two university hospitals (Düzce University and Celal Bayar University) with lower urinary tract symptoms. BPH patients were asked to fill out International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) form, while female partners were separately requested to complete the specific QoL questionnaire. Results: The mean age of patients with BPH was 63.8 ± 7.2 years and it was 56.3 ± 6.5 years for female partners. The results of the specific questionnaire showed that QoL of partners were significantly affected. Particularly, most of the the partners had the fear of cancer development and possibility of surgery for their husbands, 77% (231/300 partners) and 79% (237/300 partners), respectively. At night majority of partners woke up frequently because of their husbands, however mostl of them declared no or little disturbance in terms of being tired during the day. On the other hand, it was revealed that there was a significant correlation between QoL degrees of partners and IPSS values of BPH patients (p< 0.001; correlation coefficient 0.664). Conclusion: BPH significantly impairs the QoL of female partners. This negative impact correlates with the IPSS values of BPH patients. Therefore, the physicians should also consider burden of the female partners in the management of BPH patients. © 2010 by Türkiye Klinikleri.