Timothy L. Hunt

TL;DR: The NOBLE studies do not support the commonly held notion that women are considerably more likely than men to have urgency-related bladder control problems, and overactive bladder, with and without urge incontinence, has a clinically significant impact on quality-of-life, quality- of-sleep, and mental health, in both men and women.

TL;DR: The OAB-q demonstrates that both continent and incontinent OAB symptoms cause significant symptom bother and have a negative impact on HRQL.

TL;DR: Despite the differences in epidemiology, the total and per-person costs of UI were higher than the OAB costs because OAB individuals without incontinent episodes incurred fewer costs, on average.

TL;DR: The experience of urinary urgency has a significant negative effect on HRQL and increases symptom bother, an effect that, in this community sample, is greater than that of incontinence, frequency, or nocturia.

TL;DR: The conservative estimates of the total cost of OAB were comparable to those of osteoporosis and gynecologic and breast cancer and quality-of-life issues must be taken into account to gain a better understanding of this condition.