Table 1:
PICOS Criteria for Studies Included in Systematic Review
Population of Interest | Inclusions: Adult men and women with lower urinary tract symptoms. Exclusions: Studies in animals, children, adults with neurologic diagnoses, genitourinary malignancy, post-surgical LUTS, chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS), or interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) |
Intervention of Interest | Diagnostic biomarkers that differentiate specific urinary symptoms (i.e. overactive bladder, nocturia, stress urinary incontinence, or voiding symptoms) |
Comparison | Any comparison group including control group, historical control, and pre-post designs with subject as own control |
Outcomes | Inclusions: Blood, urine, tissue, or salivary biochemical markers associated with specific urinary symptoms. Exclusions: studies where biochemical markers are studied in context with “all LUTS” without differentiation of specific symptoms |
Study Design | Cross-sectional, observational, and randomized trial designs |