Table 1.

Weighted subject demographics and symptom characteristics at baseline.

	N=436
Age in years, median (min, max); mean (SD)	47.6 (19, 87); 47.5 (14.1)
Race, %
White	79.1
Hispanic	10.4
Black	7.0
Other	3.5
Education, %
No college	27.3
Some college	41.2
College degree plus	31.5
Annual Household Income, %
Under $35,000	29.0
$35, 000 to $60,000	25.2
Greater than $60,000	45.8
Married, %	61.1
Duration of pain symptoms in years, median (min, max); mean(SD)	10.9 (1, 63); 15.5 (15.3)
Type of doctor usually seen for bladder symptoms, %
No care	29.3
Family doctor/general internist	45.1
OB/Gyn	9.8
Urologist	11.0
Nurse or other type of doctor	4.8
Diagnosis of IC/BPS	11.0
Received any IC-specific treatment, %	8.0
Uses any self-care for bladder symptoms, %	46.4
Severity of worst pain, pressure, or discomfort in the last 3 months (based on pelvic pain scale 0-10), median (min, max); mean (SD)	4.6 (0, 10); 5.3 (2.1)
Continuity of symptoms: between the first time you had symptoms (pain, pressure, discomfort, urinary symptoms) and now, how much time have you had symptoms?, %
Rarely/never	6.2
Some of the time	44.1
About half of the time	19.8
Most of the time	18.2
All of the time	11.7
Bladder Symptom Index, median (min, max); mean (SD)	1.1 (0, 7); 1.8 (1.8)
O’Leary-Sant Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Index, median (min, max); mean (SD)	10.1 (1, 20); 10.5 (3.5)