International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Long Form Module (ICIQ-FLUTS LF)

Summary:
The ICIQ-FLUTS Long Form is a patient-completed 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 Long Form is derived from the fully validated BFLUTS questionnaire.

Number of items: 18

Question items:

• Frequency
• Nocturia
• Urgency
• Urge urinary incontinence
• Bladder pain
• Frequency of urinary incontinence
• Stress incontinence
• Unexplained urinary incontinence
• Amount of urinary leakage
• Hesitancy
• Straining to start urination
• Intermittency
• Nocturnal enuresis
• Strength of stream
• Urinary retention
• Dysuria
• Incomplete emptying
• Ability to stop urine flow

Associated plublications:
Jackson , S., Donovan, J., Brookes, S., Eckford, S., Swithinbank, L., & Abrams, P. The Bristol Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms questionnaire: development and psychometric testing. BJU . 1996; 77:805-812

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 conjunction:

• ICIQ-FLUTSsex – Gender-specific sexual matters module
• ICIQ-LUTSqol – Condition-specific quality of life module

Completion time:
10-15 minutes

No scoring system:

Available languages:
Belgium Dutch •Bengali • Chinese •  Indonesian • Italian • Persian • Polish • Thai • UK English