TABLE I.
Questionnaire Responses in Women with IC/BPS and OAB
| Question | Responses | IC/PBS (%) | OAB (%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| During the past 3 months have you had a strong feeling that you had to urinate that made it difficult for you to wait to go to the bathroom? | Yes | 80.5 | 91.2 | 0.008 |
| No | 19.5 | 8.8 | ||
| Once this feeling of urgency starts, do you leak urine right away without being able to control it, or do you leak urine only if you have to wait for a while before you can go to the bathroom? | Leak right away | 13.4 | 56.3 | <0.001 |
| Leak if have to wait | 49.0 | 33.0 | ||
| Don’t leak | 37.6 | 10.7 | ||
| Would you say this urge to urinate is mainly because of pain, pressure, or discomfort or would you say this urge to urinate is mainly because you are afraid you will not make it to the bathroom in time to avoid wetting? | Pain, pressure, discomfort | 86.9 | 41.8 | <0.001 |
| Afraid of leakage | 11.0 | 48.5 | ||
| Both | 0.7 | 3.9 | ||
| Neither | 1.4 | 5.8 | ||
| During the past month, how much has the need to urinate with little warning been a problem for you? | No problem | 23.4 | 11.5 | 0.01 |
| Very small problem | 17.0 | 10.7 | ||
| Small problem | 15.3 | 23.0 | ||
| Medium problem | 24.7 | 27.9 | ||
| Big problem | 19.6 | 27.1 | ||
| During the last month, how often have you had a strong urge or pressure to urinate immediately, with no, or little warning? | Do not have the symptom | 18.2 | 8.0 | 0.01 |
| Rarely | 23.1 | 17.6 | ||
| A few times | 18.2 | 28.8 | ||
| Fairly often | 16.1 | 20.8 | ||
| Usually | 10.6 | 6.4 | ||
| Almost always | 13.6 | 18.4 | ||
| Does this urge or feeling that you need to urinate usually start suddenly and without any warning or do you usually feel it coming on over a period of time that could be minutes or hours? | Suddenly | 56.3 | 61.5 | 0.673 |
| Over time | 40.9 | 35.6 | ||
| Don’t know | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| During the past month, how often have you felt the strong need to urinate with little or no warning? | Not at all | 18.9 | 12.2 | 0.30 |
| <1 time in 5 | 15.9 | 13.0 | ||
| <Half the time | 16.3 | 17.9 | ||
| About half the time | 17.2 | 19.5 | ||
| >Half the time | 15.5 | 13.0 | ||
| Almost always | 16.3 | 24.4 | ||
| During the last month, how often have you had difficulty postponing urination? | Do not have the symptom | 14.1 | 8.8 | 0.21 |
| Rarely | 18.8 | 14.4 | ||
| A few times | 18.0 | 24.8 | ||
| Fairly often | 20.1 | 21.6 | ||
| Usually | 12.0 | 8.0 | ||
| Almost always | 17.1 | 22.4 | ||
| In the last 7 days, how many times did you feel a strong urge or pressure that signaled the need to urinate immediately, whether or not you urinated or leaked urine? | Not at all | 19.2 | 14.4 | 0.79 |
| Once | 8.9 | 12.0 | ||
| A few times (2–3) | 22.6 | 25.6 | ||
| Several times (4–6) | 10.2 | 9.6 | ||
| Many times (7+) | 10.6 | 12.0 | ||
| Every day | 28.5 | 26.4 | ||
| During the last month or so, how often have you found it difficult to postpone urination? | Do not have the symptom | 11.9 | 10.4 | 0.46 |
| <1 time in 5 | 14.4 | 13.6 | ||
| <Half the time | 18.2 | 14.4 | ||
| About half the time | 15.3 | 15.2 | ||
| >Half the time | 17.4 | 13.6 | ||
| Almost always | 22.9 | 32.8 | ||
| How much of the time during the past 3 months have you had the feeling of a strong urge or feeling that you had to urinate that made it difficult to wait to go to the bathroom? | Occasionally | 17.9 | 18.4 | 0.84 |
| Some of the time | 17.9 | 16.7 | ||
| Half of the time | 24.2 | 20.2 | ||
| Most of the time | 26.8 | 32.5 | ||
| All of the time | 13.2 | 12.3 |