Impact of Beta-3 Agonist on Psychological Distress and Blood Flow of the Bladder in Women With Overactive Bladder Syndrome

The Brief symptom rating scale (BSRS) includes the following dimensions of psychopathology: somatic symptoms, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, interpersonal sensitivity, depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, hostility, phobic-anxiety, and paranoid tendency. Additional symptoms include vegetative and other clinical indicators. The BSRS is composed of 30 items rated on the basis of degree of distress caused by that item over the past week. Each dimension is assessed by several questions with a 5-point Likert scale (0-4 points). The severity of a psychopathologic factor is expressed with an index calculated from the sum of scores divided by the number of questions in that specific dimension. The General Symptom Index (GSI), a mean score of all BSRS items, represents the global severity of psychological distress (PD), and a higher GSI indicates more severe PD. The BSRS has been reported to be a reliable and valid psychiatric self-rating scale for use in psychosomatic research.