The purpose of this study is to assess the presence of overactive bladder syndrome (OAB)
and academic stress, and their impact on quality of life (QoL) of healthy university students.

Materials and Methods
A cross-sectional study recruited university students from different academic streams,
between January 2021 to December 2021. Demographics, clinical parameters, overactive
bladder-validated 8 questionnaire (OAB-V8), International Consultation on Incontinence
Questionnaire Overactive Bladder Module (ICIQ-OAB) questionnaire, and Perception of
Academic Stress (PAS) scale were collected. The correlation and significance between the
variables was assessed using the Social Sciences Statistical Package (SPSS) version 21.

Results
Three hundred and 89 people met the inclusion criteria. There were 241 (62%) females, and
248 (63.8%) of the students were under the age of 22. Four academic streams were included:
Engineering 96 (24.7%), Humanities 121 (31.1%), Medicine 85 (21.8%) and Nursing 87
(22.4%). OAB was found among 103 (26%) students. The mean OAB-V8 score was 5.8±6.6.
The mean PAS scale was 53.9±9.4. The mean ICIQ-OAB score was 1.5 (0-9). Male gender
62 (60%), smoking 42 (40.8%), academic stream (Humanity 40 (38.8%)) and year (third and
fourth-year students 34 (33%) and 33 (32%), respectively) have a statistically significant
positive correlation with OAB (p< 0.001). Humanity stream (mean rank 169.2) and junior
students (first year; 52.0 [45.75-55.75]) and second year; 51.0 [48.0-57.0] with mean rank of
174 and 177), respectively, had high level of academic stress and low PAS scale. There is a

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weak but statistically significant inverse correlation between severity of OAB and the PAS
scale (r =-0.211) (p< 0.001).
Conclusion
OAB is prevalent among healthy university students and is directly related to academic stress.
Both OAB and academic stress have direct and indirect impact on student's quality of life.
We hope that this study helps to raise awareness of the presence of OAB among university
students to find strategies to early identify and treat such a condition, avoiding unnecessary
bother among healthy university students.

عنوان المؤتمر

20th urological association of Asia congress 2023

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تاريخ المؤتمر

28 سبتمبر، 2023 - 1 أكتوبر، 2023

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