Assessment of proportion of hidden patients having symptoms of overactive bladder and why has it been hidden in female outpatients admitted to hospital

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dc.contributor.authorÜçer O.
dc.contributor.authorDemir Ö.
dc.contributor.authorZeren M.F.
dc.contributor.authorCeylan Y.
dc.contributor.authorÇelen I.
dc.contributor.authorZümrütbaş A.E.
dc.contributor.authorTemeltaş G.
dc.contributor.authorBozkurt O.
dc.contributor.authorGünlüsoy B.
dc.contributor.authorÇelik O.
dc.contributor.authorEkin G.
dc.contributor.authorMertoğlu O.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:12:05Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:12:05Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractPurpose: To determine the proportion of patients with undetected symptoms of overactive bladder by using the overactive bladder-validated 8 (OAB-V8) screening questionnaire and investigate these symptoms were undetected in female patients who were hospitalized. Methods: We invited 2,250 female patients hospitalized in the Aegean region of Turkey to answer a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire included questions on evidence of lower urinary tract symptoms (OAB-V8), relevant medical history, and demographic data. Patients with a total OAB-V8 score ≥ 8 were defined as having OAB symptoms. Results: The proportion of patients with OAB symptoms in this study was 40.6%. Nearly 57% of the patients with OAB symptoms had not been previously admitted to any hospital for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). The two most common reasons why women with OAB symptoms did not admit themselves to a hospital because of LUTS were as follows: "I did not think I had a disease" and "The symptoms did not bother me," with a response rate of 74.7%. The mean OAB-V8 scores of the patients with these two responses were significantly lower than those of the other patients (P < 0.001). Conclusions: This is the first study to demonstrate a significant proportion of women with undetected OAB symptoms. The main reasons the women did not admit themselves to a hospital were their unawareness of the disease and because the LUTS were not bothersome. Public awareness programs on this disease may resolve this problem. © 2016 Korean Continence Society.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.5213/inj.1630382.191
dc.identifier.issn20934777
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/15901
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherKorean Continence Society
dc.rightsAll Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectaged
dc.subjectArticle
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthospital admission
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectlower urinary tract symptom
dc.subjectmajor clinical study
dc.subjectmedical history
dc.subjectmiddle aged
dc.subjectmulticenter study
dc.subjectobservational study
dc.subjectoutpatient
dc.subjectoveractive bladder
dc.subjectquestionnaire
dc.subjectscoring system
dc.titleAssessment of proportion of hidden patients having symptoms of overactive bladder and why has it been hidden in female outpatients admitted to hospital
dc.typeArticle

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