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SECONDs Administration Guidelines: A Fast Tool to Assess Consciousness in Brain-injured Patients

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Published on: February 6, 2021

A simple validated scale to measure urgency.

Salah Al-Buheissi¹, Rajvinder Khasriya, Barry H Maraj

¹Department of Medicine, Archway Campus, Whittington Hospital, University College London, London, United Kingdom. salah@doctors.org.uk

The Journal of Urology

|January 22, 2008

Summary

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A new 10-item scale effectively measures urinary urgency in overactive bladder patients. This validated tool aids in assessing treatment efficacy and monitoring patient progress.

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Area of Science:

Urology
Clinical Pharmacology
Medical Device Validation

Background:

Overactive bladder (OAB) significantly impacts quality of life.
Accurate measurement of urinary urgency is crucial for OAB management.
Existing urgency assessment tools may lack simplicity or comprehensive validation.

Purpose of the Study:

To validate a novel, simple 10-item scale for measuring urinary urgency.
To assess the scale's reliability and responsiveness in a clinical setting.

Main Methods:

A single-group repeated measure design was employed with 475 overactive bladder patients.
The 10-item urgency scale was administered alongside frequency and incontinence assessments.
Patients received standard OAB treatments, with some experiencing medication adjustments (imipramine or solifenacin).

Main Results:

The scale demonstrated good construct validity, internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.83), and excellent test-retest and interobserver reliability (Pearson's r = 0.99).
Responsiveness was confirmed in add-on and treatment-change studies, indicating sensitivity to therapeutic interventions.
Correlation with frequency (r = 0.38) and incontinence (r = 0.15) was statistically significant.

Conclusions:

The validated 10-item urgency scale is a reliable and responsive measure for patients with overactive bladder.
This scale can be valuable for comparing drug efficacy and monitoring treatment outcomes.
Further validation through a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial is recommended.