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Table 2 Overactive bladder symptom score (OABSS)

From: The impact of adding solifenacin to tamsulosin therapy for treatment of storage lower urinary tract symptoms owing to benign prostatic hyperplasia

Score

Frequency

Question

0

≤ 7

How many times do you typically urinate from waking in the morning until sleeping at night?

1

8–14

2

≥ 15

0

0

How many times do you typically wake up urinate from sleeping at night until waking in the morning?

1

1

2

2

3

≥ 3

0

Not at all

How often do you have a sudden desire to urinate, which is difficult to defer?

1

Less than once a week

2

Once a week or more

3

About once a day

4

2–4 times a day

5

5 times a day or more

0

Not at all

How often do you leak urine because you cannot defer the sudden desire to urinate?

1

Less than once a week

2

Once a week or more

3

About once a day

4

2–4 times a day

5

5 times a day or more