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The OAB-q consists of an 8-item symptom bother scale and 25 HRQL. items that form four subscales (coping, concern, sleep, social interaction). For the development of an OAB-q SF and an OAB screener, retrospective analyses were. performed on three different OAB patient samples: 1) two cross-sectional patient surveys.
In one study, 96% of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) had bloating and 60% of. them reported it to be their most bothersome symptom. In comparison, only 29% stated that. abdominal pain was the most bothersome symptom. Though bloating is typically not as serious as abdominal pain from the physicians' perspective, patients often report significant difficulties due to bloating in terms of their ability to work and.