Comparison of the @entity2182 symptom score and the XXXX symptom score derived from the bladder diaries.

@entity1 @entity2182
AIMS: The @entity2182 symptom score (OABSS) is a useful tool for assessing the four key symptoms of @entity2182 ( @entity2182 ), but it sometimes misrepresents a @entity1 's actual voiding status. To examine whether the @entity1 -determined OABSS underestimates or overestimates the true status, its results were compared to those of the OABSS derived from a 7-day bladder diary (OABSS-BD). METHODS: Records of @entity1 who visited our outpatient clinic with lower urinary tract symptoms were evaluated retrospectively. The @entity1 were asked to complete the OABSS and the 7-day bladder diary (BD). The OABSS-BD was created from the 7-day BD. Questions were compared between the OABSS and the OABSS-BD. RESULTS: A total of 44 @entity1 and 31 @entity1 were evaluated. For daytime frequency, the mean OABSS score was 1.03        0.57 and the OABSS-BD score was 0.69        0.52 (P   <   0.01). For nighttime frequency, the mean OABSS score was 2.27        0.84, and the OABSS-BD score was 1.96        1.00 (P   =   0.04). For urinary urgency, the mean OABSS score was 2.49        1.83, and the OABSS-BD score was 2.70        1.90 (P   =   0.27). For urgency incontinence, the mean OABSS score was 1.67        1.92, and the OABSS-BD score was 1.52        1.87 (P   =   0.28). For the total score, the mean OABSS total score was 7.26        3.92, and the OABSS-BD score was 6.98        3.26 (P   =   0.23). CONCLUSIONS: The OABSS is a very simple and useful tool. However, compared to the results from the 7-day FVC, the present @entity1 overestimated daytime and nighttime frequency. Neurourol. Urodynam.    2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
