OBJECTIVE: • To estimate the prevalence of post-micturition symptoms (a feeling of incomplete emptying following urination and post-micturition dribble) in a population-based sample of men and women, and to examine overlap with storage and voiding LUTS and associations with health-related quality of life (HRQL). PATIENTS AND METHODS: • Data were obtained by in-person interview in the Boston Area Community Health survey, a population-based random sample of 2301 men and 3202 women aged 30-79 years in the USA. • Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) were defined using the International Prostate Symptom Score and standardized terminology. • Multivariate linear regression was used to evaluate associations between urological symptoms and validated HRQL measures (SF-12 and activities interference) cross-sectionally. RESULTS: • The overall prevalence of post-micturition symptoms was 11.8% in men and 8.5% in women. • The prevalence increased with age in men but not women. • In men, post-void dribbling contributed to much of the post-micturition symptoms, whereas, in women, incomplete emptying was more common. • For both genders, over 50% with voiding symptoms also had post-micturition symptoms, compared to less than 50% of respondents who reported storage symptoms. • The presence of post-micturition symptoms, particularly incomplete emptying, was indicative of mildly impaired physical HRQL and activities interference in men and women, and mental HRQL in men (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: • Post-micturition symptoms were more prevalent than any individual voiding symptom and commonly overlapped with other LUTS. • Over half of men and women with a voiding symptom also had a post-micturition symptom. • The presence of post-micturition symptoms was indicative of impaired HRQL.
OBJECTIVE: • To estimate the prevalence of post-micturition symptoms (a feeling of incomplete emptying following urination and post-micturition dribble) in a population-based sample of men and women, and to examine overlap with storage and voiding LUTS and associations with health-related quality of life (HRQL). PATIENTS AND METHODS: • Data were obtained by in-person interview in the Boston Area Community Health survey, a population-based random sample of 2301 men and 3202 women aged 30-79 years in the USA. • Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) were defined using the International Prostate Symptom Score and standardized terminology. • Multivariate linear regression was used to evaluate associations between urological symptoms and validated HRQL measures (SF-12 and activities interference) cross-sectionally. RESULTS: • The overall prevalence of post-micturition symptoms was 11.8% in men and 8.5% in women. • The prevalence increased with age in men but not women. • In men, post-void dribbling contributed to much of the post-micturition symptoms, whereas, in women, incomplete emptying was more common. • For both genders, over 50% with voiding symptoms also had post-micturition symptoms, compared to less than 50% of respondents who reported storage symptoms. • The presence of post-micturition symptoms, particularly incomplete emptying, was indicative of mildly impaired physical HRQL and activities interference in men and women, and mental HRQL in men (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: • Post-micturition symptoms were more prevalent than any individual voiding symptom and commonly overlapped with other LUTS. • Over half of men and women with a voiding symptom also had a post-micturition symptom. • The presence of post-micturition symptoms was indicative of impaired HRQL.
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