Constitution and Validation of a New Symptom Assessment Tool for Overactive Bladder: Marmara Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (M-OBQ)
Objective The aim of this study is to constitute and validate a symptom questionnaire to be used in the diagnosis and follow up of patients with OAB that complies with the specific needs of the Turkish society and that allows the assessment of both disease symptoms and their effects on quality o...
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doaj-c6f5e1b2eee34ea486c63a91e5bf58c72020-11-24T21:11:33ZengGalenos YayineviJournal of Urological Surgery2148-95802014-11-0111242710.4274/jus.141Constitution and Validation of a New Symptom Assessment Tool for Overactive Bladder: Marmara Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (M-OBQ)Tufan Tarcan0Naşide Mangır1Mehmet Özay Özgür2Abdülkadir Gümrah3Cem Akbal4Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology, İstanbul, TurkeyMarmara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology, İstanbul, TurkeyMarmara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology, İstanbul, TurkeyMarmara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology, İstanbul, TurkeyMarmara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology, İstanbul, TurkeyObjective The aim of this study is to constitute and validate a symptom questionnaire to be used in the diagnosis and follow up of patients with OAB that complies with the specific needs of the Turkish society and that allows the assessment of both disease symptoms and their effects on quality of life. Materials and Methods A total of 78 OAB patients and 90 control patients were included in this study between January 2007 and June 2007. All included patients underwent urine analysis/culture, blood creatinine levels, 3-day voiding dairy, urinary ultrasonography and plain abdominal graphy evaluations. Results Among 168 patients included 99 (58, 95) were males and 69 (41,1%) were females. Mean age was 47,3 (±17, 2) years. Cronbach alpha value which is a determinant of internal consistency was 0.92 for M-OAB questionnaire. The Spearman correlation co- efficient for total score was found to be 0.98 (p=0.001) in the test- retest analysis. The highest sensitivity (97%) and specificity (94%) values for the M-OAB questionnaire to make a diagnosis of OAB were obtained with a cut off value of 12.5 for the total score. Conclusion This study shows the development of a reliable and valid OAB specific symptom and quality of assessment tool that is short and easily applicable in the daily clinical practice. This questionnaire can provide the clinicians with practical comfort and a standardized quantification of the patient symptoms.http://jurolsurgery.org/article_7427/Constitution-And-Validation-Of-A-New-Symptom-Assessment-Tool-For-Overactive-Bladder-Marmara-Overactive-Bladder-Questionnaire-m-obqOveractive bladdersymptom questionnairevalidationquality of life |
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Tufan Tarcan Naşide Mangır Mehmet Özay Özgür Abdülkadir Gümrah Cem Akbal Constitution and Validation of a New Symptom Assessment Tool for Overactive Bladder: Marmara Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (M-OBQ) Journal of Urological Surgery Overactive bladder symptom questionnaire validation quality of life |
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Constitution and Validation of a New Symptom Assessment Tool for Overactive Bladder: Marmara Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (M-OBQ) |
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Constitution and Validation of a New Symptom Assessment Tool for Overactive Bladder: Marmara Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (M-OBQ) |
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Constitution and Validation of a New Symptom Assessment Tool for Overactive Bladder: Marmara Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (M-OBQ) |
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Constitution and Validation of a New Symptom Assessment Tool for Overactive Bladder: Marmara Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (M-OBQ) |
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Constitution and Validation of a New Symptom Assessment Tool for Overactive Bladder: Marmara Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (M-OBQ) |
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constitution and validation of a new symptom assessment tool for overactive bladder: marmara overactive bladder questionnaire (m-obq) |
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Journal of Urological Surgery |
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Objective
The aim of this study is to constitute and validate a symptom questionnaire
to be used in the diagnosis and follow up of patients with OAB that complies
with the specific needs of the Turkish society and that allows the assessment
of both disease symptoms and their effects on quality of life.
Materials and Methods
A total of 78 OAB patients and 90 control patients were included in this
study between January 2007 and June 2007. All included patients underwent
urine analysis/culture, blood creatinine levels, 3-day voiding dairy, urinary
ultrasonography and plain abdominal graphy evaluations.
Results
Among 168 patients included 99 (58, 95) were males and 69 (41,1%) were
females. Mean age was 47,3 (±17, 2) years. Cronbach alpha value which is
a determinant of internal consistency was 0.92 for M-OAB questionnaire.
The Spearman correlation co- efficient for total score was found to be 0.98
(p=0.001) in the test- retest analysis. The highest sensitivity (97%) and
specificity (94%) values for the M-OAB questionnaire to make a diagnosis of
OAB were obtained with a cut off value of 12.5 for the total score.
Conclusion
This study shows the development of a reliable and valid OAB specific
symptom and quality of assessment tool that is short and easily applicable in
the daily clinical practice. This questionnaire can provide the clinicians with
practical comfort and a standardized quantification of the patient symptoms. |
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Overactive bladder symptom questionnaire validation quality of life |
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http://jurolsurgery.org/article_7427/Constitution-And-Validation-Of-A-New-Symptom-Assessment-Tool-For-Overactive-Bladder-Marmara-Overactive-Bladder-Questionnaire-m-obq |
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