PURPOSE This study reports the development of the Korean Version of the Treatment Satisfaction Visual Analogue Scale (TS-VAS) and the Overactive Bladder Satisfaction with Treatment Questionnaire (OAB-SAT-q) based on the original versions, with subsequent linguistic validation by Korean patients with overactive bladder receiving active treatment from a physician. METHODS Translation and lingui...

BACKGROUND Overactive bladder is stated as the occurrence of urinary urgency which will cause negative impacts and decrease patients' health-related quality of life. The aim of this systematic review is to assess the efficiency and safety of acupuncture for adults with overactive bladder (OAB) comparing with sham-acupuncture, drugs, and acupuncture plus drugs. METHODS We independently searche...

PURPOSE To determine the duration of antimuscarinic therapy for overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) appropriate for assessment of the efficacy of treatment, and to evaluate the possible predictive factors for response to therapy. METHODS All OAB patients who visited a urology outpatient clinic of a tertiary referral center and who were prescribed 5 mg of solifenacin or 4 mg of tolterodine exten...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between connexin (Cx)43 levels and alterations in gap junctional mediation of intercellular communication in overactive bladder syndrome (OAB), and to examine the effects of connexin inhibitor on this condition. Adult female Wistar rats with OAB following partial bladder outlet obstruction (PBBO) (OAB group, n=37) and sham-operated...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper was to determine the prevalence of overactive bladder syndrome (OABS) and its risk factors among patients with other gynaecological problems. METHODS This study was conducted on women aged more than 18 years who attended the gynaecology clinic for various diagnoses other than urinary problems at a tertiary hospital in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, for a peri...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the impact of overactive bladder (OAB) on quality of life (QOL), resource use and productivity loss in patients recruited from six hospitals in Korea. METHODS This cross-sectional survey recruited 625 OAB patients between July to December 2013. Patients were categorised into four groups based on the average number of urinary incontinence (UI) episodes over the past thre...

PURPOSE A recent study demonstrated improvement in nocturnal urgency in patients with overactive bladder when treated with fesoterodine. In the current study we aimed to determine which bladder diary parameters predict the response to fesoterodine in these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with nocturnal urgency completed a 2-week, single-blind placebo run-in followed by 1:1 double-bli...

Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) are highly prevalent in older men. The storage subcategory of LUTS is synonymous with overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) which is an empirical diagnosis. Traditionally, alpha-blockers are widely prescribed to manage LUTS of BPH, although storage symptoms may persist in many men despite treatment. Therefore, since therapie...

Overactive bladder (OAB) is a common condition in both women and men. Although prevalence's are similar in both genders, sex specific differences do exist in relation to individual OAB symptoms as well as degree of bother and quality of life. The added effect of prostatic enlargement in men leads to slightly different evaluation and treatment regimens in both genders. This review will examine t...

We investigated the efficacy and safety of intravesical onabotulinumtoxinA injection in patients with detrusor hyperactivity and impaired contractility (DHIC). Twenty-one patients with urodynamically proven DHIC and 21 age-matched patients with overactive bladder (OAB) with urodynamic detrusor overactivity were treated with intravesical injections of 100 U of onabotulinumtoxinA. The overactive ...