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Measuring bladder sensation: A clinical and laboratory approach

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Urgency, the primary symptom of overactive bladder (OAB), is thought to be central in driving all other symptoms of OAB, including frequency, nocturia, and urge urinary incontinence. Although it is defined by the International Continence Society as a sudden compelling desire to pass urine that is difficult to defer, it remains difficult to describe and measure. Several self-administered metrics have been developed to measure urgency and have been used to demonstrate the efficacy of antimuscarinic agents in the treatment of OAB. Urodynamics measures bladder sensation during cystometry, but its role in measuring urgency has not been well defined. This review discusses scales commonly used to measure urgency and the role of urodynamics in its assessment.

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MacDiarmid, S.A. Measuring bladder sensation: A clinical and laboratory approach. Curr Bladder Dysfunct Rep 4, 155–159 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11884-009-0022-2

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