International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Modules (ICIQ-FLUTS)

Summary:
The ICIQ-FLUTS is a questionnaire for evaluating female lower urinary tract symptoms and impact on quality of life (QoL) in research and clinical practice across the world. The ICIQ-FLUTS is derived from the fully validated BFLUTS-SF questionnaire.

Number of items: 12

Question items:

• Nocturia
• Urgency
• Bladder pain
• Frequency
• Hesitancy
• Straining
• Intermittency
• Urge urinary incontinence
• Frequency of urinary incontinence
• Stress urinary incontinence
• Unexplained urinary incontinence
• Nocturnal enuresis

Associated publications:
Brookes, S., Donovan, J., Wright, M., Jackson, S., Abrams, P. A scored form of the Bristol Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms questionnaire: data from a randomized controlled trial of surgery for women with stress incontinence. Am.J.Obstet.Gynecol. 2004; 191(1): 73-82

Level of validation according to ICI grades of recommendation:
Grade A
Validity, reliability and responsiveness established with rigour in several data sets

Suggested modules to use in conjuction:

• ICIQ-FLUTSsex – Gender-specific sexual matters module
• ICIQ-FLUTS Long Form – Gender-specific symptom module with more detailed assessment
• ICIQ-LUTSqol – Condition-specific quality of life module

Completion time:
4-5 minutes

Scoring:
0-16 filling symptoms subscale
0-12 voiding symptoms subscale
0-20 incontinence symptoms subscale
Bother scales are not incorporated in the overall score but indicate impact of individual symptoms for the patient

Available languages:
Austria • German • Belgian Dutch • Belgian French • Brazilian Portuguese • Canadian French • Chinese • Czech • Danish • Dutch • Finnish • French • German • Greek • Hungarian • Italian • Japanese • Norwegian • Persian • Polish • Portuguese • Spanish • Swedish • Tamil • Thai • Turkish • UK English • US English • US Spanish