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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Urology. 2016 Jul 19;98:50–57. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2016.07.013

Table 3.

Comparison of individual urinary symptoms (adjusted for age and sex)

OAB with anxiety (HADS-A ≥8) OAB without anxiety (HADS-A <8) p-value (adjusted for age and sex) Source of question
Incontinence symptoms:
How often do you leak urine?a 3.8 ± 1.3 2.7 ± 1.2 0.003 ICIQ-UI question 3
How much urine do you usually leak?b 3.4 ± 1.6 2.2 ± 1.1 0.002 ICIQ-UI question 4
Does urine leak before you can get to the toilet?c 2.5 ± 0.9 2.0 ± 0.7 0.022 ICIQ-OAB question 6a
Frequency symptoms:
How many times do you urinate during the day?d 2.0 ± 1.4 1.5 ± 1.0 0.061 ICIQ-OAB question 3a
During the night, how many times do you have to get up to urinate, on average?e 2.8 ± 1 2.5± 1.1 0.366 ICIQ-OAB question 4a
Numeric rating scale of frequency (0–10) 7.1 ± 2.6 5.9 ± 2.3 0.084
Urgency symptoms:
Do you have to rush to the toilet to urinate?f 2.9 ± 0.8 2.5 ± 0.9 0.056 ICIQ-OAB question 5a
Numeric rating scale of urgency (0–10) 6.9 ± 2.8 5.5 ± 2.1 0.049
USS (urgency severity scale, 0–3)g 2.3 ± 0.7 2 ± 0.7 0.134 USS is a 4- point self- reported rating scale of the degree of urgency sensation (none, mild, moderate, severe).g

Based on the categories of response on the ICIQ questionnaire:

a

How often do you leak urine? 0=never, 1=about once a week or less often, 2=two or three times a week, 3=about once a day, 4=several times a day, 5=all the time.

b

How much urine do you usually leak? 0=none, 2=a small amount, 4=a moderate amount, 6=a large amount.

c

Does urine leak before you can get to the toilet? 0=never, 1=occasionally, 2=sometimes, 3=most of the time, 4=all of the time.

d

How many times do you urinate during the day? 0=1 to 6 times, 1=7 to 8 times 2=9 to 10 times, 3=11 to 12 times, 4=13 or more times.

e

During the night, how many times do you have to get up to urinate, on average? 0=none, 1=one time, 2=two times, 3=three times, 4=four or more times

f

Do you have to rush to the toilet to urinate? 0=never, 1=occasionally, 2=sometimes, 3=most of the time, 4=all of the time.

g

Urgency severity scale (USS) reference: Nixon, A., Colman, S., Sabounjian, L. et al.: A validated patient reported measure of urinary urgency severity in overactive bladder for use in clinical trials. J Urol, 174: 604, 2005.