Lower urinary tract symptoms in women – aspects on epidemiology and treatment

.................................................................................................................................... 4 List of publications.................................................................................................................... 5 Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................ 6 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 7 Aims of the study ............................................................................................... 25 Methods .............................................................................................................. 27 Methodological considerations .......................................................................... 29 Results ................................................................................................................ 37 General discussion.............................................................................................. 51 Conclusions ........................................................................................................ 59 General outlook and future perspectives............................................................ 61 Swedish summary............................................................................................... 63 Acknowledgements ............................................................................................ 67 References .......................................................................................................... 69