Measuring Bladder Health: Development and Cognitive Evaluation of Items for a Novel Bladder Health Instrument.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We describe the item development and cognitive evaluation process used in creating the Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Bladder Health Instrument (PLUS-BHI).

Materials and methods

Questions assessing bladder health were developed using reviews of published items, expert opinion, and focus groups' transcript review. Candidate items were tested through cognitive interviews with community-dwelling women and an online panel survey. Items were assessed for comprehension, language, and response categories and modified iteratively to create the PLUS-BHI.

Results

Existing measures of bladder function (storage, emptying, sensation components) and bladder health impact required modification of time frame and response categories to capture a full range of bladd

SUBMITTER: Rickey LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8068674 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature