Do I Have Interstitial Cystitis Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. When an urge arrives, how much time do you usually feel you have before you need a restroom?
Enough time to finish what I am doing without distress
Usually enough time, although the sensation can be distracting
Only a short time before pressure or discomfort becomes hard to manage
Almost no comfortable waiting time because the sensation quickly becomes intense
2. When planning a commute, appointment, or outing, how much does restroom access affect your choices?
It generally does not affect my plans
I sometimes check restroom availability as a precaution
I regularly plan routes, timing, or seating around restroom access
I avoid, shorten, or leave activities because the urge or frequency feels unmanageable
3. How much have bladder or pelvic symptoms changed your exercise, travel, social, or intimate activities?
They have not led me to change these activities
I have made a small adjustment on an occasional symptomatic day
I regularly limit or carefully plan one or more activities
I have stopped or substantially reduced valued activities because of the symptoms
4. During a typical night, how often does the need to urinate wake you from sleep?
It generally does not wake me
It wakes me once on some nights
It wakes me once or twice on many nights
It wakes me several times a night or makes returning to sleep difficult
5. A normal work, school, caregiving, or household day is underway. How do these symptoms affect what you can do?
They do not affect my usual activities
I occasionally adjust a task or take an extra break
I regularly interrupt tasks or reduce activities because of symptoms
Pain or repeated restroom needs make it difficult to complete important activities
6. You have recently urinated, but another strong urge appears soon afterward. How often does this happen?
Never or almost never
Occasionally, and it passes without much disruption
Regularly, sometimes with only a small amount of urine passed
Very often, with repeated trips and little lasting relief
7. Imagine you are occupied with a task and notice an urge to urinate. Which description best matches the physical signal?
Mostly a routine cue, without discomfort or a strong sensation
A mild sense of fullness that can usually wait
Uncomfortable pressure that makes waiting difficult
Pain, burning, or intense pelvic pressure that makes waiting very difficult
8. When these urinary symptoms have occurred, which evaluation context best fits?
I have not had these symptoms
They occurred only with a diagnosed urinary infection and resolved after treatment
I have had symptoms, but testing was not done or did not give a clear answer
They have recurred with negative urine cultures or continued after an infection was treated
9. On occasions when you had bladder-area discomfort, what usually happened just after urinating?
I did not have discomfort beforehand
There was little or no clear connection with urinating
The discomfort eased somewhat for a while
It eased clearly, then returned as my bladder filled again
10. With your usual fluid intake, how often do you generally need to urinate during the day?
At comfortable intervals, usually several hours apart
Occasionally sooner than expected, but not as a regular pattern
Often about every one to two hours
Repeatedly within an hour or so, even without unusually high fluid intake
11. On a symptomatic day, how would you describe sensations in the lower abdomen, bladder area, or pelvis?
No unusual sensation in those areas
Mild, brief discomfort that is difficult to locate
Recurring pressure, aching, or tenderness centered in that region
Intense or prolonged pain or pressure that is difficult to ignore
12. During the past four weeks, what have you typically noticed as your bladder fills?
No discomfort related to bladder filling
Occasional mild awareness that is easy to ignore
Noticeable pressure or discomfort that often makes me urinate sooner
Strong pain or pressure that builds until I urinate
13. How consistently have particular drinks, foods, stress, or other personal triggers seemed to precede bladder discomfort?
I have not noticed bladder discomfort or a trigger pattern
I noticed a possible connection on one occasion
One or two triggers have seemed connected on several occasions
Recognizable triggers repeatedly bring on a strong flare of discomfort
14. Between symptomatic periods, what best describes your experience?
I have not had symptomatic periods
An isolated episode ended and has not returned
Symptoms recur, but I often have long symptom-free stretches
Symptoms occur most days or return after only short periods of relief
15. Across the past several months, how long have bladder or pelvic symptoms tended to persist or recur?
I have not had this pattern
I had one brief episode that fully resolved
I have had several episodes across days or weeks
Symptoms have been present or repeatedly recurring for six weeks or longer