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After the treatment, the median day time frequency of the patients decreased from 13.37 (3.69) to 10.25 (4.56) <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">(p<\/jats:italic>\u200a\n                                 <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">&lt;<\/jats:italic>\u200a0.001). Nocturia also decreased after treatment from 4.37 (1.81) to 3.00 (1.94) <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">(p<\/jats:italic>\u200a\n                                 <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">=<\/jats:italic>\u200a0.001). The median voiding volume increased by 26.5\u200amL <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">(p<\/jats:italic>\u200a\n                                 <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">=<\/jats:italic>\u200a0.001). The median of the patients\u2019 visual analog scale scores decreased after treatment (median of visual analog scale score changed from interquartile range 8 [1] to 7 [4]) <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">(p<\/jats:italic>\u200a\n                                 <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">=<\/jats:italic>\u200a0.001). In addition, the median interquartile range interstitial cystitis symptom index scores decreased from 17 (4) to 15 (10) <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">(p<\/jats:italic>\u200a=\u200a0.002).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>In this study it was demonstrated that TTNS is an alternative method that can be successfully applied before invasive methods in the treatment of BPS.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1097\/cu9.0000000000000082","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,30]],"date-time":"2022-01-30T10:00:26Z","timestamp":1643536826000},"page":"83-87","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Efficacy of transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation in the treatment of bladder pain syndrome"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Okan","family":"Alkis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bekir","family":"Aras","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mehmet","family":"Sevim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"\u0130brahim G\u00fcven","family":"Kartal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"O\u011fuzhan Yusuf","family":"S\u00f6nmez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Halil \u0130brahim","family":"\u0130velik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,27]]},"reference":[{"issue":"(5)","key":"R1-20250821","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"729","DOI":"10.1111\/bju.14399","article-title":"Guideline of guidelines: Bladder pain syndrome","volume":"122","author":"Malde","year":"2018","journal-title":"BJU Int"},{"issue":"(2)","key":"R2-20250821","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"167","DOI":"10.1002\/nau.10052","article-title":"The standardisation of terminology of lower urinary tract function: Report from the Standardisation Subcommittee of the International Continence Society","volume":"21","author":"Abrams","year":"2002","journal-title":"Neurourol Urodyn"},{"issue":"(7)","key":"R3-20250821","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1271","DOI":"10.1002\/nau.21037","article-title":"Efficacy of sacral neuromodulation in treatment of bladder pain syndrome: Long-term follow-up","volume":"30","author":"Ghazwani","year":"2011","journal-title":"Neurourol Urodyn"},{"issue":"(1)","key":"R4-20250821","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"35","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eururo.2009.08.020","article-title":"European Association of Urology. 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