What is OABSS Score?
What is OABSS (Overactive Bladder Symptom) Score?
The OABSS is based on a symptom assessment questionnaire designed to quantify OAB symptoms as a single score, and contains questions about the following 4 symptoms of OAB: daytime frequency, nighttime frequency, urgency and urge incontinence.
In this tool, the patients are asked to rate their symptom severity on a Likert scale with the maximum (worst) scores of 2, 3, 4, and 5. The total score ranges from 0 to 15, and a more severe OAB is indicated by a higher score.
The scoring system is designed to place more weight on urgency and urgency incontinence than on frequency. The questionnaire has been shown to satisfy psychometric criteria for reliability.