Table 2 Frequency table of urinary symptoms in UTI positive participants (N = 214)

a

A sudden desire to urinate, which is difficult to hold (urgency)

b

Urinary leakage, because you cannot hold the sudden

desire to urinate (urge incontinence)

c

Delay in starting urinary stream (hesitancy)

d

Need to strain to keep urinary stream(straining)

e

Feeling of incomplete emptying bladder after you urinate

f

Leakage of urine after you finish urinating (dribbling)

g

Pain in the bladder or lower abdomen or supra pubic region

h

Pain in the urethra

i

Burning on urination (dysuria)

j

Pain on urination (dysuria)

k

Blood in urine (hematuria)

l

Fever associated with any of the above symptom

m

Any of the above symptom appears after menstruation

n

Frequency of urination