Open AccessRelationship Between the Use of Diuretics and Overactive Bladder in Patients with Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Bülent Altunoluk
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the annals of clinical and analytical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2667-663X
DOI - 10.4328/jcam.1255
Subject(s) - medicine , overactive bladder , heart failure , urology , intensive care medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Aim: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of overactive bladder (OAB) in outpatient heart failure patients and to evaluate the clinical and laboratory parameters that may be associated with OAB. Material and Method: The study included 84 patients (59 males, 25 females; mean age 62.3 ± 10.8 years) who admitted as heart failure patients. OAB syndrome was determined according to OAB-validated 8-question awareness tool (OAB-V8) scores and data on demographic variables were collected from medical record. The patients were divided into two groups depending on the presence (group I) or absence (group II) of OAB symptoms. The clinical parameters potentially related with OAB were compared between the two groups. Results: There were forty-three patients (51.2 %) with OAB (group I) and 41 patients (48.8 %) without OAB (group II). Only the frequency of combined diuretics usage (aldosterone antagonist and loop diuretics) was significantly higher (27.4% vs. 14.3%; p=0.021) in group I. Other clinical and laboratory findings were similar between the groups. Discussion: The current study demonstrated that OAB was a common syndrome in patients with heart failure and it was associated with combined use of diuretics.