Author(s)
Purpose
- Pathology:
Pathological conditions signs and symptoms
Urologic diseases
- Disease:
Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)
Urinary incontinence
- Objective:
To develop an instrument that is sensitive to changes in the symptomatology of the female lower urinary tract, particularly urinary incontinence, providing an instrument that can characterize symptom severity, impact on quality of life and evaluate treatment outcome
- Population for intended use:
Adult
Female
Characteristics
- Type of instrument:
Health-Related Quality of Life - HRQL (incl. health status)
Signs and symptoms
- Administration mode:
Self-administered
- Number of items:
ICIQ-FLUTS: 12 / ICIQ-FLUTS Long Form: 18 / ICIQ-FLUTSsex: 4 / ICIQ-LUTSqol: 20
- Recall/Observation period:
In the past month
Language(s)
- Original language:
English for the UK
- List of existing translations:
The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.
This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.
ICIQ-FLUTS and ICIQ-FLUTS Long Form
| Chinese | Dutch for the Netherlands | German for Germany | Norwegian for Norway |
| Danish for Denmark | French for France | Italian for Italy | Swedish for Sweden |
| Dutch for Belgium (Flemish) | German for Austria | Korean |
Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire
ICIQ-FLUTS:
Brookes ST, Donovan JL, Wright M, Jackson S, Abrams P. A scored form of the Bristol Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms questionnaire: data from a randomized controlled trial of surgery for women with stress incontinence. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Jul;191(1):73-82
ICIQ-FLUTS Long Form:
Jackson S, Donovan J, Brookes S, Eckford S, Swithinbank L, Abrams P. The Bristol Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms questionnaire: development and psychometric testing. Br J Urol. 1996 Jun;77(6):805-12
Last update: April 2012
Last update in collaboration with the author: September 2008
ICIQ-FLUTS: Developed in 2003
The ICIQ-FLUTS was formerly named the BFLUTS-SF Questionnaire (Bristol Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms - Short Form Questionnaire). In 2004, it has been adopted into the ICIQ structure, which is a project striving to standardize assessment of lower pelvic dysfunction by recommending, and developing where necessary, high quality self-completion questionnaires.Suggested modules to use in conjunction: ICIQ-FLUTSsex, ICIQ-FLUTS Long Form, ICIQ-LUTSqol
ICIQ-FLUTS Long Form: Developed in 1996
The was formerly named the BFLUTS Questionnaire (Bristol Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Questionnaire). In 2004, it has been adopted into the ICIQ structure.Suggested modules to use in conjunction: ICIQ-FLUTSsex, ICIQ-LUTSqol