Journal article
Can 7 or 30-Day Recall Questions Capture Self-Reported Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Accurately?
The Journal of urology, Vol.202(4), pp.770-778
10/2019
DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000000310
PMCID: PMC6905458
PMID: 31039099
Abstract
Self-reported measurement tools often provide a recall period, eg "In the past 7 days…" For lower urinary tract symptoms the concordance of end of day (daily) reports with 7 and 30-day recalled reports is unknown to our knowledge. We evaluated how accurately 7 or 30-day recall questions capture lower urinary tract symptoms. The 261 female and 254 male participants were recruited from a total of 6 United States tertiary care sites. We evaluated 18 items representing 7 symptoms covering storage, voiding and post-micturition symptoms. Item responses on the daily forms were averaged for a 7 or a 30-day period and compared to the corresponding 7 or 30-day recall version of the item. Analyses were item and gender specific. Within person concordance was assessed using the Pearson correlation. Bias (systematic overreporting or underreporting) was calculated as the difference between the recalled item and the averaged daily item score, and reported as a percent of the item scale. All correlations exceeded 0.60. Correlations between averaged daily reports and recalled reports ranged from 0.72 to 0.89 for 7 days and from 0.71 to 0.91 for 30 days among women, and from 0.68 to 0.90 and 0.68 to 0.95, respectively, among men. Most items did not show systematic bias and the median percent bias did not exceed 10% for any item. However, bias exceeding ±10% for some items was observed in a subset of individuals. Recalled reports during the 7 and 30 days tracked well with averaged daily reports for men and women. Systematic bias was minimal, suggesting that 7 and 30-day recall periods for self-reported lower urinary tract symptoms are reasonable.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Can 7 or 30-Day Recall Questions Capture Self-Reported Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Accurately?
- Creators
- Kathryn E Flynn - Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WisconsinSarah A Mansfield - Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MichiganAbigail R Smith - Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MichiganBrenda W Gillespie - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MichiganCatherine S Bradley - Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaDavid Cella - Northwestern University, Chicago, IllinoisJ Quentin Clemens - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MichiganMargaret E Helmuth - Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MichiganH Henry Lai - Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MissouriZiya Kirkali - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MarylandPooja Talaty - NorthShore University Health System, Glenview, IllinoisKevin P Weinfurt - Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North CarolinaLURN Study Group
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of urology, Vol.202(4), pp.770-778
- DOI
- 10.1097/ju.0000000000000310
- PMID
- 31039099
- PMCID
- PMC6905458
- NLM abbreviation
- J Urol
- ISSN
- 1527-3792
- eISSN
- 1527-3792
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- U01 DK100017 / NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK097779 / NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK100011 / NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK097780 / NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK099879 / NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK097772 / NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK097776 / NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK099932 / NIDDK NIH HHS
- Comment
- This is publication number 21 of the Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network.
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2019
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Urology
- Record Identifier
- 9983931497502771
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