Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Table 1

Comparison of the mean of pain domain, urinary score, QOL, and NIH-CPSI scores between study groups at time points.

	Time point
	Baseline	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 12
Pain domain
Case	13.8 ± 2.6	11.8 ± 2.2	9.6 ± 1.7	8.7 ± 1.5	9.5 ± 0.9
Control	13.6 ± 2	12.2 ± 1.7	11.3 ± 1	11 ± 0.7	13.7 ± 1.6
𝑃 value	0.78	0.53	0.001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Urinary score
Case	4.6 ± 2.8	3.6 ± 2.2	3.2 ± 1.9	2.9 ± 1.5	3.7 ± 1.5
Control	5.2 ± 2	4.5 ± 1.8	4.2 ± 1.4	4.3 ± 0.9	5.4 ± 1.3
𝑃 value	0.44	0.19	0.051	0.001	0.001
Quality of life
Case	8.1 ± 1.7	5.9 ± 1.5	5.1 ± 1.5	4.6 ± 1.3	6.1 ± 0.8
Control	8.3 ± 1.9	7.2 ± 1.6	7.1 ± 1.2	7 ± 0.7	7.8 ± 0.9
𝑃 value	0.73	0.01	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
NIH-CPSI score
Case	26.5 ± 3.4	21.4 ± 2.7	17.9 ± 2.5	16.3 ± 2.1	19.4 ± 1.4
Control	27.1 ± 3.1	24 ± 2.8	22.6 ± 2.2	22.4 ± 1.1	26.9 ± 3
𝑃 value	0.56	0.006	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001

Data are mean ± SD.
𝑃 values calculated by independent samples test.