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Table 2 Instrument score range and interpretation a,b

From: Impact of urinary incontinence on health-related quality of life, daily activities, and healthcare resource utilization in patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity

Outcome measures

Score range

Interpretation

General Health Utility

EQ-5D 3 L utility scorec

−0.11 – 1

General health ↑ as score ↑

Disease-specific QOL

I-QOL total score

0 – 100

HRQoL ↑ as score ↑

OAB-q symptom severity score

0 – 100

Symptom severity ↓ as score ↑

OAB-q HRQoL score

0 – 100

HRQoL ↑ as score ↑

Productivity

% activity impairment due to their bladder condition

0 – 100

Productivity ↓ as score ↑

% work time missed due to their bladder condition

0 – 100

Productivity ↓ as score ↑

% impairment while working due to their bladder condition

0 – 100

Productivity ↓ as score ↑

% overall work impairment due to their bladder condition

0 – 100

Productivity ↓ as score ↑

  1. a QOL, Quality of life; EQ-5D, EuroQoL-5D; I-QOL, Incontinence Quality of Life questionnaire; OAB-q, Overactive Bladder questionnaire; HRQoL, Health-related quality of life.
  2. b↓ indicates decrease, ↑ indicates increase.
  3. cDerived from the 5 questions representing 5 dimensions of health states in the EQ-5D instrument using standardized scoring algorithm.