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Comparing Patient and Clinician Perceptions of Health-Related Quality of Life in Urinary Tract Infections

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.18822

July 31, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This qualitative study of patients and their treating clinicians found important differences in how patients and clinicians perceive and describe the impact of complicated UTI on patient HRQOL. Understanding how patient and clinician perceptions of HRQOL diverge may help with the design of patient-centered outcomes for clinical trials and identify areas for enhanced patient-clinician communication.

Corresponding Author: Heather A. King, PhD, Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, 215 Morris St, Durham, NC 27701 (heather.king@duke.edu).

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