Prevalence of overactive bladder symptoms and their impact on health-related quality of life of medical and dentistry students: a multicenter cross-sectional study

Shawahna, Ramzi; Hijaz, Hatim; Jallad, Khaled; Abushamma, Mohammad; Sawafta, Mothana

doi:10.1186/s12894-021-00909-1

Table 6 Associations between presence of any overactive bladder symptom bother and less than optimal health-related quality of life with sociodemographic, health, and academic variables of the students

From: Prevalence of overactive bladder symptoms and their impact on health-related quality of life of medical and dentistry students: a multicenter cross-sectional study

Variable	OAB symptoms						HRQoL
	Absent		Present		χ²/FET	p value	Less than optimal		Optimal		χ²/FET	p value
	n	%	n	%	χ²/FET	p value	n	%	n	%	χ²/FET	p value
University^*
University 1	58	14.4	192	47.8	1.27	0.553	88	21.9	162	40.3	1.89	0.388
University 2	23	5.7	91	22.6			37	9.2	77	19.2
University 3	6	1.5	32	8.0			17	4.2	21	5.2
Discipline
Medicine	80	19.9	270	67.2	2.36	0.150	116	28.9	234	58.2	5.63	0.020
Dentistry	7	1.7	45	11.2	2.36	0.150	26	6.5	26	6.5	5.63	0.020
Academic stage
Basic stage (1st–3rd year)	35	8.7	162	40.3	3.42	0.070	76	18.9	121	30.1	1.79	0.210
Clinical stage (4th–6th year)	52	12.9	153	38.1	3.42	0.070	66	16.4	139	34.6	1.79	0.210
Gender
Male	36	9.0	90	22.4	5.20	0.027	29	7.2	97	24.1	12.17	< 0.001
Female	51	12.7	225	56.0	5.20	0.027	113	28.1	163	40.5	12.17	< 0.001
Age (years)
< 21	31	7.7	143	35.6	2.65	0.113	67	16.7	107	26.6	1.36	0.249
≥ 21	56	13.9	172	42.8	2.65	0.113	75	18.7	153	38.1	1.36	0.249
Body mass index
< 24.9	56	13.9	215	53.5	0.47	0.519	96	23.9	175	43.5	0.00	1.000
≥ 24.9	31	7.7	100	24.9	0.47	0.519	46	11.4	85	21.1	0.00	1.000
Presence of chronic disease
No	84	20.9	294	73.1	1.26	0.318	131	32.6	247	61.4	1.23	0.277
Yes	3	0.7	21	5.2	1.26	0.318	11	2.7	13	3.2	1.23	0.277
History of surgery
Yes	14	3.5	64	15.9	0.78	0.445	28	7.0	50	12.4	0.01	1.000
No	73	18.2	251	62.4	0.78	0.445	114	28.4	210	52.2	0.01	1.000
History of trauma
Yes	1	0.2	7	1.7	0.40	0.693	4	1.0	4	1.0	0.77	0.461
No	86	21.4	308	76.6	0.40	0.693	138	34.3	256	63.7	0.77	0.461
Employment
Yes	4	1.0	10	2.5	0.41	0.743	3	0.7	11	2.7	1.22	0.395
No	83	20.6	305	75.9	0.41	0.743	139	34.6	249	61.9	1.22	0.395
Smoking
Yes	15	3.7	50	12.4	0.09	0.869	21	5.2	44	10.9	0.31	0.671
No	72	17.9	265	65.9	0.09	0.869	121	30.1	216	53.7	0.31	0.671
Self-rated satisfaction with academic achievement
Not satisfied	19	4.7	63	15.7	0.14	0.764	29	7.2	53	13.2	0.00	1.000
Satisfied	68	16.9	252	62.7	0.14	0.764	113	28.1	207	51.5	0.00	1.000
Self-rated stress
Low stress	64	15.9	191	47.5	4.91	0.032	75	18.7	180	44.8	10.67	0.001
High stress	23	5.7	124	30.8	4.91	0.032	67	16.7	80	19.9	10.67	0.001
Number of study hours/day
< 5	44	10.9	133	33.1	1.93	0.181	52	12.9	125	31.1	4.89	0.028
≥ 5	43	10.7	182	45.3	1.93	0.181	90	22.4	135	33.6	4.89	0.028
Self-rated satisfaction with the financial status
Not satisfied	27	6.7	122	30.3	1.73	0.211	59	14.7	90	22.4	1.89	0.195
Satisfied	60	14.9	193	48.0	1.73	0.211	83	20.6	170	42.3	1.89	0.195
Self-rated satisfaction with the social life
Not satisfied	21	5.2	104	25.9	2.51	0.119	52	12.9	73	18.2	3.13	0.091
Satisfied	66	16.4	211	52.5	2.51	0.119	90	22.4	187	46.5	3.13	0.091

HRQoL: Health-related quality of life, OAB: Overactive bladder, χ²/FET: Pearson Chi-Square/Fisher's Exact Test

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