Table 4.
Prevalence of overactive bladder symptoms at baseline per stages of individual compartments
| Symptom | Compartment | Stage | Any degree of bothera | Bothersome symptomb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n with symptom/n total | % (95% CI) | n with symptom/n total | % (95% CI) | |||
| Frequency | Anterior | 0 | 264/444 | 59.5 (54.7–64.1) | 116/444 | 26.1 (22.1–30.5) |
| 1 | 184/298 | 61.7 (56.0–67.3) | 85/298 | 28.5 (23.5–34.0) | ||
| 2 | 785/1157 | 67.8 (65.1–70.5) | 349/1157 | 30.2 (27.5–32.9) | ||
| 3–4 | 602/831 | 72.4 (69.3–75.5) | 303/831 | 36.5 (33.2–39.8) | ||
| Posterior | 0 | 492/700 | 70.3 (66.7–73.7) | 231/700 | 33.0 (29.5–36.6) | |
| 1 | 312/434 | 71.9 (67.4–76.1) | 135/434 | 31.1 (26.8–35.7) | ||
| 2 | 759/1183 | 64.2 (61.4–66.9) | 350/1183 | 29.6 (27.0–32.3) | ||
| 3–4 | 259/404 | 64.1 (59.2–68.8) | 130/404 | 32.2 (27.6–37.0) | ||
| Apex | 0–1 | 858/1330 | 64.5 (61.9–67.1) | 379/1330 | 28.5 (26.1–31.0) | |
| 2 | 633/911 | 69.5 (66.4–72.5) | 300/911 | 32.9 (29.9–36.1) | ||
| 3–4 | 324/456 | 71.1 (66.7–75.2) | 162/456 | 35.5 (31.1–40.1) | ||
| UUI | Anterior | 0 | 224/449 | 49.9 (45.2–54.6) | 90/449 | 20.0 (16.4–24.1) |
| 1 | 169/298 | 56.7 (50.9–62.4) | 85/298 | 28.5 (23.5–34.0) | ||
| 2 | 769/1161 | 66.2 (63.4–69.0) | 313/1161 | 27.0 (25.8–32.1) | ||
| 3–4 | 554/842 | 65.8 (62.5–69.0) | 243/842 | 28.9 (25.8–32.1) | ||
| Posterior | 0 | 470/709 | 66.3 (62.7–69.8) | 212/709 | 29.9 (26.6–33.4) | |
| 1 | 299/438 | 68.3 (63.7–72.6) | 108/438 | 24.7 (20.7–29.0) | ||
| 2 | 697/1187 | 58.7 (55.9–61.5) | 299/1187 | 25.2 (22.7–27.8) | ||
| 3–4 | 233/408 | 57.1 (52.1–62.0) | 105/408 | 25.7 (21.6–30.3) | ||
| Apex | 0–1 | 826/1352 | 61.1 (58.4–63.7) | 343/1352 | 25.4 (23.1–27.8) | |
| 2 | 585/903 | 64.8 (61.6–67.9) | 261/903 | 28.9 (26.0–32.0) | ||
| 3–4 | 278/463 | 60.0 (55.4–64.5) | 114/463 | 24.6 (20.8–28.8) | ||
CI, confidence interval; UUI, urgency urinary incontinence
aAnswer ‘Yes’ in PFDI-20 questionnaire; bbothersome symptom defined as answers 3: moderately and 4: quite a bit in PFDI-20 questionnaire (Scale = 0–4)