Development and validation of a condition-specific diary to measure severity, bothersomeness and impact on daily activities for patients with acute urinary tract infection in primary care

Table 1 Characteristics of patients included in psychometric validation

	Study 1 (all domains) n (%)	Study 2 (symptom severity only) n (%)
Age group
0–24 years	17 (9.8)	20 (9.9)
25–34 years	29 (16.7)	23 (11.4)
35–54 years	50 (28.7)	73 (36.1)
55–69 years	48 (27.6)	50 (24.8)
70 years or more	30 (17.2)	36 (17.8)
Job status
Employed	90 (51.7)	No data
Under education	21 (12.1)	No data
Job seeking	7 (4.0)	No data
Retired or otherwise not job seeking	56 (32.2)	No data
Confirmed UTI (growth in urine culture)
Confirmed UTI	133 (76.4)	118 (58.4)
No UTI	41 (23.6)	84 (41.6)

Numbers in this table refer to the 376 women used to analyze domain S (symptom severity). Domain B (bothersomeenss, n = 175) and D (daily activities, n = 173)) were validated with data from study 1

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