Table 3.
Degree of Life Impact from Urinary Symptoms, Pain or Discomfort in the Pelvic or Bladder Area in a Community-Based Sample of 2527 Women; Boston Area Community Health Survey, 2008–2010
| Activity/aspect of life | Degree of life impact (IIQ), %a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not at all | Slight | Moderate | Great | Any | |
| Ability to do household chores | 91.5 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 8.5 |
| Physical recreational activities | 88.6 | 6.8 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 11.4 |
| Entertainment activities | 89.8 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 10.1 |
| Ability to travel by car or bus for >30 minutes | 86.2 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 13.7 |
| Participation in social activities outside of home | 89.6 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 10.4 |
| Emotional health | 89.4 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 10.5 |
| Experience frustration | 84.7 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 15.2 |
| Any impact | 76.2 | 12.3 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 23.9 |
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Degree of thought, %a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Only a little | Some | A lot | Any | |
| 67.9 | 19.4 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 32.2 | |
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Degree of life impact (AUASI), %a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delighted | Pleased | Mostly satisfied | Mixed | Mostly dissatisfied | Un-happy | Terrible | Any | |
| 34.7 | 17.9 | 20.8 | 13.9 | 7.4 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 65.3 | |
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Patients’ perception of bladder condition (% with a problem)a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Very minor | Minor | Moderate | Severe | Many severe | Any | |
| 59.2 | 18.8 | 12.1 | 7.0 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 40.8 | |
| Activity | Frequency of interference in the past month (Epstein scale), %a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | A little | Some | Most | All | Any | |
| Drinking fluids before travel |
78.2 |
8.8 |
4.5 |
3.7 |
4.8 |
21.8 |
| Driving for 2 hours without stopping |
82.6 |
6.4 |
3.8 |
3.5 |
3.7 |
17.4 |
| Going to places that may not have a toilet |
76.2 |
8.2 |
6.1 |
3.6 |
5.8 |
23.7 |
| Playing sports outdoors such as golf |
93.4 |
2.3 |
1.5 |
0.7 |
2.0 |
6.5 |
| Going to movies, shows, church, etc. |
90.0 |
3.5 |
2.9 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
10.0 |
| Drinking fluids before bed |
74.5 |
10.1 |
6.8 |
3.3 |
5.3 |
25.5 |
| Getting enough sleep at night |
76.1 |
9.5 |
5.9 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
23.9 |
| Interference with any activity | 57.5 | 14.3 | 10.1 | 7.4 | 10.7 | 42.5 |
a
All values were weighted according to the sampling weights of the Boston Area Community Health Survey.
AUASI, American Urological Association Symptom Index.