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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adv Nurs. 2010 Aug 23;66(11):2460–2470. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05422.x

Table 1.

Assessment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in this study

Frequency 1: At least one of the following reported :

  1. Urinate again < 2 hours (occurring “fairly often,” “usually,” or “almost always”)

  2. Frequent urination during the day (occurring “fairly often,” “usually,” or “almost always”)

  3. Number of daytime urinations is ≥ 8

Urgency1: At least one of the following reported to occur “fairly often,” “usually,” or “almost always”:

  1. Difficulty postponing urination

  2. Strong urge or pressure

Urine leakage2: Experiencing the following at least weekly (“one or more times per week” or “every day”)

  1. Leakage of “even a small amount of urine”