Björn Riegel

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus

observational 2019

Somatic and psychosocial determinants of symptom severity and quality of life in male and female patients with chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Journal of Psychosomatic Research ·doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.02.010

AIMS: To investigate the combined impact of somatic and psychosocial factors on symptom severity and physical and mental quality of life (QoL) in male and female patients with chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS). METHODS: We examined 234 p…

observational 2017

Mental disorders in patients with chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS)

Journal of Psychosomatic Research ·doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2017.04.011

OBJECTIVE: Chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) is a debilitating pain condition with prevalence rates between 2.0% and 26.6%. Studies indicate that CPPS is often associated with psychosocial factors, but little is known about the presence o…