Cargando…

Overactive bladder symptom severity, bother, help-seeking behavior, and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes: a path analysis

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate the relationships among overactive bladder (OAB) symptom severity, bother, help-seeking behavior, and quality of life (QOL) in patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: A total of 127 diabetic patients, aged at least 18 years, with overactive bladder from a...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Xu, Dongjuan, Zhao, Meng, Huang, Liqun, Wang, Kefang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29291738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-017-0829-z
_version_ 1783289511013253120
author Xu, Dongjuan
Zhao, Meng
Huang, Liqun
Wang, Kefang
author_facet Xu, Dongjuan
Zhao, Meng
Huang, Liqun
Wang, Kefang
author_sort Xu, Dongjuan
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate the relationships among overactive bladder (OAB) symptom severity, bother, help-seeking behavior, and quality of life (QOL) in patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: A total of 127 diabetic patients, aged at least 18 years, with overactive bladder from a hospital in Shandong Province, China, were recruited for this study. Symptom severity, bother, and quality of life were assessed using the Overactive Bladder Symptom Score (OABSS), Patient Perception of Bladder Condition (PPBC), and Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Short Form (OAB-q SF), respectively. Help-seeking behavior was assessed by asking patients whether they consulted health care professionals or received treatment for their bladder problems. A two-step path analysis was performed to analyze the data. RESULTS: OAB symptom severity was directly associated with lower levels of QOL, and the strength of this association was no longer significant when taking bother and help-seeking behavior into account. Bother increased with OAB symptom severity, and patients with bothersome OAB tended to have lower levels of QOL. Moreover, bother increased help-seeking behavior; however, patients who sought help tended to have lower levels of QOL. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight the role of bother and help-seeking behavior in the relationship between OAB symptom severity and QOL. To improve a patient’s QOL, health care providers should focus not only on symptom bother but also on dysfunctional help-seeking patterns.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5749008
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2018
publisher BioMed Central
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-57490082018-01-05 Overactive bladder symptom severity, bother, help-seeking behavior, and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes: a path analysis Xu, Dongjuan Zhao, Meng Huang, Liqun Wang, Kefang Health Qual Life Outcomes Research BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate the relationships among overactive bladder (OAB) symptom severity, bother, help-seeking behavior, and quality of life (QOL) in patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: A total of 127 diabetic patients, aged at least 18 years, with overactive bladder from a hospital in Shandong Province, China, were recruited for this study. Symptom severity, bother, and quality of life were assessed using the Overactive Bladder Symptom Score (OABSS), Patient Perception of Bladder Condition (PPBC), and Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Short Form (OAB-q SF), respectively. Help-seeking behavior was assessed by asking patients whether they consulted health care professionals or received treatment for their bladder problems. A two-step path analysis was performed to analyze the data. RESULTS: OAB symptom severity was directly associated with lower levels of QOL, and the strength of this association was no longer significant when taking bother and help-seeking behavior into account. Bother increased with OAB symptom severity, and patients with bothersome OAB tended to have lower levels of QOL. Moreover, bother increased help-seeking behavior; however, patients who sought help tended to have lower levels of QOL. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight the role of bother and help-seeking behavior in the relationship between OAB symptom severity and QOL. To improve a patient’s QOL, health care providers should focus not only on symptom bother but also on dysfunctional help-seeking patterns. BioMed Central 2018-01-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5749008/ /pubmed/29291738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-017-0829-z Text en © The Author(s). 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
spellingShingle Research
Xu, Dongjuan
Zhao, Meng
Huang, Liqun
Wang, Kefang
Overactive bladder symptom severity, bother, help-seeking behavior, and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes: a path analysis
title Overactive bladder symptom severity, bother, help-seeking behavior, and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes: a path analysis
title_full Overactive bladder symptom severity, bother, help-seeking behavior, and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes: a path analysis
title_fullStr Overactive bladder symptom severity, bother, help-seeking behavior, and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes: a path analysis
title_full_unstemmed Overactive bladder symptom severity, bother, help-seeking behavior, and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes: a path analysis
title_short Overactive bladder symptom severity, bother, help-seeking behavior, and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes: a path analysis
title_sort overactive bladder symptom severity, bother, help-seeking behavior, and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes: a path analysis
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29291738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-017-0829-z
work_keys_str_mv AT xudongjuan overactivebladdersymptomseveritybotherhelpseekingbehaviorandqualityoflifeinpatientswithtype2diabetesapathanalysis
AT zhaomeng overactivebladdersymptomseveritybotherhelpseekingbehaviorandqualityoflifeinpatientswithtype2diabetesapathanalysis
AT huangliqun overactivebladdersymptomseveritybotherhelpseekingbehaviorandqualityoflifeinpatientswithtype2diabetesapathanalysis
AT wangkefang overactivebladdersymptomseveritybotherhelpseekingbehaviorandqualityoflifeinpatientswithtype2diabetesapathanalysis