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. 2017 Nov 21;17:108. doi: 10.1186/s12894-017-0294-3

Table 4.

HADS by LUTS, IPSS and OABSS

Anxiety scorea Depression scorea
Men Women Men and women Men Women Men and women
LUTS (ICS criteria)
 No LUTS 3.5 (3.1) 4.4 (3.4) 4.0 (3.3) 3.8 (3.3) 4.6 (3.9) 4.2 (3.6)
 Voiding Only 4.8 (3.4) 5.3 (3) 4.9 (3.3) 5.5 (4) 6.3 (4.2) 5.6 (4)
 Storage Only 5.1 (3.4) 5.7 (3.4) 5.5 (3.4) 5.2 (3.8) 6 (4.1) 5.7 (4)
 PM Only 4.6 (3.1) 5.8 (3.1)* 5.1 (3.2) 5 (3.4) 6.7 (4.4) 5.7 (3.9)
 Voiding + Storage 6.1 (3.5) 7 (3.6) 6.5 (3.6) 6.4 (3.8) 7.4 (4.3) 6.9 (4.1)
 Voiding + PM 5.1 (3.5) 6.6 (3.6) 5.4 (3.5) 5.8 (3.9) 7.7 (4.9) 6.2 (4.2)
 Storage + PM 6 (3.4) 6.7 (3.3) 6.4 (3.4) 6.1 (3.8) 7.3 (4.4) 6.7 (4.1)
 Voiding + Storage + PM 7.5 (3.6) 8.7 (3.5) 8.0 (3.6) 7.5 (3.9) 9.2 (4.6) 8.2 (4.3)
OABSS
 No OAB 4.5 (3.5) 5.2 (3.5) 4.9 (3.5) 4.8 (3.7) 5.5 (4.2) 5.1 (4.0)
 Mild OAB 6.6 (3.5) 7.3 (3.2) 6.9 (3.4) 7.1 (3.7) 7.7 (4) 7.4 (3.9)
 Moderate OAB 8.2 (3.4) 8.7 (3.5) 8.5 (3.5) 8.1 (3.8) 9.3 (4.6) 8.7 (4.3)
 Severe OAB 10.9 (4.3) 11.9 (4.4) 11.5 (4.3) 10.7 (3.6) 12.1 (5.9) 11.5 (5.1)
IPSS
 No Symptom 3 (3.2) 3.8 (3.5) 3.4 (3.4) 3.5 (3.5) 4.5 (4) 4 (3.8)
 Mild 4.4 (3.3) 5.2 (3.4) 4.8 (3.4) 4.6 (3.5) 5.3 (4) 5 (3.8)
 Moderate 6.5 (3.4) 7.5 (3.3) 6.9 (3.4) 6.8 (3.8) 8 (4.4) 7.3 (4.1)
 Severe 9.2 (3.9) 10 (3.7) 9.6 (3.9) 9.1 (4.1) 10.4 (4.7) 9.8 (4.4)
Overall 5.2 (3.7) 5.9 (3.8) 5.5 (3.8) 5.4 (3.9) 6.2 (4.5) 5.8 (4.2)

HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, ICS International Continence Society, IPSS International Prostate Symptom Score, LUTS lower urinary tract symptoms, OAB overactive bladder, OABSS overactive bladder symptom score, PM post-micturition

* p < 0.05 vs. No LUTS, No OAB or No Symptom

p < 0.005 vs. No LUTS, No OAB or No Symptom

a mean scores (standard deviation) for all three countries combined