ABSTRACT
Objective
To assess difficulties in filling the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire
Bladder Diary (ICIQ-BD), determining the most troublesome items and patients’ characteristics
(age, education level, and professional activity) related to these difficulties.
Methods
A text composed of a clinical history of a fictitious patient with Lower Urinary Tract
Symptoms (LUTS) was designed. 95 healthy volunteers (49 females, 46 males, mean age
45.6 ± 17.3 years) were asked to fill in the ICIQ-BD according to the data from the
fictitious clinical history. Filling errors were analyzed, and patients’ demographic
characteristics tested as predictors.
Results
Bladder Sensation Score is the most problematic item of the ICIQ-BD, with only 38%
of patients accurately filling this item. No association was found between total number
of errors and age or education level, but participants working in less specialized
professions had more difficulty in filling the BD (mean: 7.00 vs 3.94 errors, P= .002).
Conclusion
ICIQ-BD is a reliable tool to assess for LUTS, but filling the Bladder Sensation Score
item was more likely to be incorrectly filled by manual workers and volunteers with
less intellectually demanding current professions.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: February 10, 2021
Accepted:
February 2,
2021
Received:
November 25,
2020
Footnotes
This study was performed at Hospital de Santa Maria – Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal.
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