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The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Short Form
Definition 1
A standardized survey developed by K. Coyne and colleagues in 2004 and presented at the Joint Meeting of the International Continence Society and the International Urogynecological Association which is used to evaluate the symptoms associated with overactive bladder. This self-administered, shorter version of the Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) contains 19 items pertaining to bladder symptoms occurring during the past four weeks. Each item is rated on a scale of 1-6 with 1 representing none or not at all and 6 representing a great deal or all the time. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Short Form (OAB-q Short Form) (Coyne KS, Lai JS, Zyczynski T, Kopp Z, Avery K, Abrams P. An overactive bladder symptom and quality-of-life short form: development of the Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) short form (SF). Presented at the Joint Meeting of the International Continence Society and the International Urogynecological Association; August 23-27, 2004; Paris, France). (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)