Health Qual Life Out
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Health Qual Life Out · Jul 2005
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative StudyWomen's quality of life is decreased by acute cystitis and antibiotic adverse effects associated with treatment.
Although acute cystitis is a common infection in women, the impact of this infection and its treatment on women's quality of life (QOL) has not been previously described. ⋯ Patients experiencing cystitis have an increase in their QOL with treatment. Those experiencing clinical cure have greater improvement in QOL compared to patients fail therapy. While QOL is improved by treatment, those reporting adverse events have lower overall QOL compared to those who do not experience adverse events. This study is important in that it suggests that both cystitis and antibiotic treatment can affect QOL in a measurable way.