Associations Between Urological Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome Symptom Flares, Illness Impact, and Health Care Seeking Activity: Findings From the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Symptom Patterns Study.

Our findings suggest that flare frequency and possibly other flare characteristics may be worth considering as additional outcome measures in urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome research to support the development of new preventive and therapeutic flare strategies.