Background and objective: The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Overactive Bladder (ICIQ-OAB) is a brief questionnaire to assess the overactive bladder in both males and females. The purpose was to translate the ICIQ-OAB into the Urdu language and also determine the validity and reliability in pregnant females. Material and Methods: A standardized method of forward and backward translations was adopted.Translation of the ICIQ-OAB into the Urdu language was done by two bilingual translators. A panel of experts reviewed the Urdu and English versions and a pilot study was carried out as a pre-test. A sample of 120 patients, female pregnant women with irritating voiding symptoms was used for validity and reliability. Content and discriminant validity was determined. Convergent validity was determined by correlating the ICIQ-OAB with the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ UI-SF). Results:120 patients participated in this study and internal consistency was determined by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient i.e. 0.791. Content validity ranged from 0.93 to 0.97. Test-retest reliability was determined by the Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) with presented results i.e. 0.903. Convergent validity was determined by correlating the ICIQ-OAB and ICIQ UI-SF by Spearman’s rho correlation coefficient; the result was 0.9 which confirmed the validity of the study. Conclusion: The Urdu version of ICIQ-OAB has good content, convergent, construct validity, and test-retest reliability.

ICIQ-OAB, Validity, Reliability, Urdu.