| Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Adults |
Lower Urinary Tract Symptom (LUTS) Tool |
Developed through qualitative focus groups and nonmedical terminology to assess for LUTS (Coyne et al, 2010) 22-item tool with subscales that include: incomplete emptying, frequency, urgency, nocturia, urgency UI, and stress UI with physical activity and increased intra-abdominal pressure Response options included 1=never, 2=rarely, 3=sometimes, 4=often, 5=almost always and symptoms were asked within a one-week recall Each question has two parts to measure both the frequency and bother of symptoms Total LUTS scores are computed as the sum of all responses to the LUTS Tool items |
| Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Children |
International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire – Pediatric Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (ICIQ-CLUTS)†
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Validated self-administered LUTS questionnaire in young and older adolescents (5–18 years old) Consists of 12-item Likert scaled screening instrument of two biometrically robust domains of symptom severity and impairment (adaptation/bother) For this study, of the eight questions specifically on LUTS, only questions on stress UI severity, urgency, and pain with urination were asked |
| Toileting Behaviors |
Toileting Behaviors-Women’s Elimination Behaviors (TB-WEB) |
Consists of 26 items designed to measure women’s voiding behaviors in public and private settings Domains include: 1) Premature voiding, 2) Strained voiding, 3) Place preference for voiding, 4) Delay voiding, 5) Position preference for voiding Scoring: 5-point Likert-type rating scale to indicate frequency of the behavior (1=never, 2=rarely, 3=sometimes, 4=often, 5=always) Higher scores represent greater frequency of negative toileting behaviors |
| Demographic and Medical History |
Demographic and Medical History Questionnaire |
Variables: age, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, education, socioeconomic status, and occupation, medical conditions, pregnancy history, parity (including mode of delivery), and self-rated health
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