Evaluation of Prevalence, Presenting Symptoms, and Risk Factors of Overactive Bladder among Postmenopausal Women

Background: Overactive bladder (OAB) is a syndrome which includes a compelling desire to pass urine leading to increased frequency of voiding in both day and night in the absence of obvious pathology.It may even result to a degree of incontinence.Symptoms of OAB bother a large number of people and the frequency increases with age.Menopause (either surgical/natural) adds more risk for the development of OAB in women.Factors like non-white race, smoking, obesity, depression, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), diabetes, and neurological diseases like multiple sclerosis may increase the risk.As symptoms of OAB can negatively impact health-related quality of life (HRQL), knowing its prevalence, identification of the most bothering symptom, and risk factors can help to manage the situation.Materials and methods: All postmenopausal women attending OPD not having any obvious gynecological pathology or UTI who gave consent were included.A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted using validated Bengali/Hindi version of OAB-questionnaire (OAB-q) along with structured proforma among postmenopausal women attending Obstetrics and