Impact of OAB Symptoms on Quality of Life in Croatia

University of Zagreb250 enrolled

Overview

Overactive bladder (OAB) has a negative impact on the daily activities of affected individuals. OAB affects an estimated 12-17% of adults and has a similar reported prevalence in men and women. It has the potential to impair multiple domains of quality of life, including restriction of social and work life, while also resulting in higher healthcare resource use and costs. The primary objective of the present study was to evaluate, in a Croatian population reporting symptoms of OAB, the effect on work productivity and treatment behaviors (treatment seeking, receiving treatment, treatment dissatisfaction and treatment discontinuation).

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

250

Conditions

Overactive Bladder

Interventions

Overactive Bladder-Validated 8-question Screener (OAB-V8)OTHER

OAB-V8 is an eight-item, self-reported questionnaire that assesses the burden of OAB and the degree of bother caused by the symptoms. Since its development as a subscale of the overactive bladder questionnaire (OAB-q), the OAB-V8 questionnaire has been used to screen for OAB and to assess OAB symptom burden and severity.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * consenting adult patients who had an OAB diagnosis by their healthcare practitioner and were about to start mirabegron treatment as part of routine clinical practice were eligible for enrollment. Exclusion Criteria: * mixed incontinence where stress incontinence was the predominant symptom (as determined by the investigator) * severe uncontrolled hypertension (i.e. systolic blood pressure ≥180 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥110 mm Hg) * anxiety and/or depression * pregnancy * women who reported having either a current or previous (within one month) urinary tract infection

Locations (1)

Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia

Zagreb, Croatia

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

OAB-V8 score > 8

The primary study objective is to investigate the impact of individual LUTS on specific outcomes in the population reporting OAB symptoms. OAB-V8 score.

Time frame: At the point of recruitment

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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