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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and OAB symptoms before treatment among studied patients in both groups

From: Overactive bladder symptoms recurrence after sudden versus gradual weaning of Solifenacin

Demographic characteristics

Treatment protocol

P value

Group I (sudden stopping)

N = 30

Group II (gradual weaning)

N = 30

Age; (years)

 Mean ± SD

48.10 ± 21.7

40.63 ± 14.04

0.119a

 95% CI1 for Mean

  Lower bound

39.98

35.39

  Upper bound

56.22

45.87

 Range (Max–Min)

67.00 (77–22)

46.00 (64–18)

Gender; n (%)

 Male; n = 21

10 (47.6)

11 (52.4)

0.500b

 Female; n = 39

20 (51.3)

19 (48.7)

OABSS; (before treatment)

 Mean ± SD

8.60 ± 1.8

8.13 ± 1.8

0.320a

 95% CI1 for Mean

  Lower bound

7.93

7.48

  Upper bound

9.26

8.79

 Range (Max–Min)

5.00 (11–6)

5.00 (11–6)

  1. 195% Confidence interval of mean
  2. aP value > 0.05 is considered non-significant by (independent sample t test)
  3. bP value > 0.05 is considered non-significant by (Chi-square test)