Symptom Bother and Health Care–Seeking Behavior among Individuals with Overactive Bladder  Debra E. Irwin, Ian Milsom, Zoe Kopp, Paul Abrams  European Urology  Volume 53, Issue 5, Pages 1029-1039 (May 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.01.027 Copyright © 2008 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Symptom bother and medical consultation for OAB. OAB, overactive bladder; UI, urinary incontinence; UUI, urgency urinary incontinence. * Could not be determined for two men and two women. †p≤0.05 for bothered men versus bothered women by incontinence status. ‡Could not be determined for eight men and nine women. §p≤0.05 for bothered versus not bothered overall, bothered versus not bothered men, and bothered versus not bothered women by incontinence status. European Urology 2008 53, 1029-1039DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2008.01.027) Copyright © 2008 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions

Fig. 2 Multivariate analysis of factors associated with the initiation of a conversation with a health care provider among overactive bladder cases. CI, confidence interval; OAB, overactive bladder. * Comorbid conditions include asthma, diabetes, hypertension, prostate or bladder cancer, depression, and neurological conditions (eg, stroke, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis). †Coping techniques included limiting fluids, absorbent products, physiotherapy, exercises, nonprescription medications, and prescription medications. ‡Doctor visit for any reason in the past 6 mo. §Logistic regression model includes the variables OAB symptom bother, age, urinary incontinence, duration of symptoms, urinary frequency, nocturia, doctor visit, use of coping techniques, comorbidities, gender, and country. European Urology 2008 53, 1029-1039DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2008.01.027) Copyright © 2008 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions