Impact of altitude on NIH-CPSI scores in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
ZHANG Qiang
TANG Qian
SU Xu-zhen
XIANG Rui-jun
ZHANG Chun-lei
ZHANG Bin
CHANG De-hui
Abstract：Objective:To analyze the effect of altitude on NIH-CPSI score in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome(CP/CPPS)Methods:Clinical data and the results of NIH-CPSI Questionnaire of the 321 patients with CP/CPPS at different altitudes were collected from March 2021 to March 2022.And the influence of altitudes on NIH-CPSI score of CP/CPPS was analyzed.Result:The NIH-CPSI score of patients living at an altitude of 4 300 m was significantly higher than that of patients living at an altitude of 1 500 m and 2 200 m.The CP/CPPS patients who lived in the higher altitude had more severe symptoms of pain and urination as well as lower scores of life quality(P＜0.05).Conclusion:NIH-CPSI score increased significantly with higher alti-tude,indicating more severe symptoms and decreased quality of life in CP/CPPS patients.These findings highlight the need for man-agement strategies for specific heights in patients with CP/CPPS.
Keywords：chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndromealtitudesNIH-CPSI score
Publication Date：2025-07-20
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-21(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 619-624 )