Table 6.
Overactive Bladder Symptom Score (OABSS)*.
| Question | Frequency | Score |
|---|---|---|
| How many times do you typically urinate from waking in the morning until sleeping at night? | ≤7 | 0 |
| 8–14 | 1 | |
| ≥15 | 2 | |
| How many times do you typically wake up to urinate from sleeping at night until waking in the morning? | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | |
| ≥3 | 3 | |
| How often do you have a sudden desire to urinate, which is difficult to defer? | Not at all | 0 |
| Less than once a week | 1 | |
| Once a week or more | 2 | |
| About once a day | 3 | |
| 2–4 times a day | 4 | |
| 5 times a day or more | 5 | |
| How often do you leak urine because you cannot defer the sudden desire to urinate? | Not at all | 0 |
| Less than once a week | 1 | |
| Once a week or more | 2 | |
| About once a day | 3 | |
| 2–4 times a day | 4 | |
| 5 times a day or more | 5 |
*Patients were instructed to circle the score that best applied to their urinary condition during the past week; the overall score was the sum of the four scores.