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01-08-2014 | Original Article

Overactive bladder in diabetes mellitus patients: a questionnaire-based observational investigation

Authors: Giovanni Palleschi, Antonio Luigi Pastore, Cristina Maggioni, Andrea Fuschi, Luca Pacini, Vincenzo Petrozza, Antonio Carbone

Published in: World Journal of Urology | Issue 4/2014

Abstract

Purpose

Bladder dysfunction, secondary to diabetes, is mainly characterized by poor bladder emptying and overflow incontinence. However, there is evidence in literature that storage symptoms, as those suggestive for overactive bladder (OAB), may also affect people with diabetes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of overactive bladder, the complaint of urinary urgency with/without urge incontinence, usually with frequency and nocturia, in people with diabetes compared to healthy subjects (control group).

Methods

Symptoms were assessed through the overactive bladder questionnaire (OAB-q), an investigative tool, specifically developed for OAB diagnosis.

Results

OAB-q scores resulted higher in diabetic people than those of the control group. Age and disease duration resulted in measurements that showed a statistical correlation with the OAB-q scores.

Conclusions

OAB symptoms are more prevalent in diabetic people than in non-diabetic people. This prompts further research to determine whether the onset of OAB symptoms can be considered as an indicator of diabetic neuropathy.

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Title: Overactive bladder in diabetes mellitus patients: a questionnaire-based observational investigation
Authors: Giovanni Palleschi
Antonio Luigi Pastore
Cristina Maggioni
Andrea Fuschi
Luca Pacini
Vincenzo Petrozza
Antonio Carbone
Publication date: 01-08-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: World Journal of Urology / Issue 4/2014
Print ISSN: 0724-4983
Electronic ISSN: 1433-8726
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-013-1175-3

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Overactive bladder in diabetes mellitus patients: a questionnaire-based observational investigation

Abstract

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

At a glance: The STEP trials

Springer Medicine

Abstract

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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