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Inclusion for RUTISS-Diary: * Participants must be 18 years and older * All participants must have native/bilingual or advanced fluency in English. * Access to a computer/mobile device for survey completion. * Symptoms-led diagnosis: Participants must report that they experience recurrent UTI episodes or symptoms. They must report the minimum of 2 UTIs in 6 months or 3 in 12 months, in line with the rUTI diagnostic criteria (European Association of Urology, 2020). Inclusion for RUTISS- 65: * Participants must be 65 years and older * Access to a computer/mobile device for survey completion, paper copy available upon request. * All participants must have native/bilingual or advanced fluency in English. * Symptoms-led diagnosis: Participants must report that they experience recurrent UTI episodes or symptoms. They must report the minimum of 2 UTIs in 6 months or 3 in 12 months, in line with the rUTI diagnostic criteria (European Association of Urology, 2020). Exclusion criteria (for RUTISS-Diary and RUTISS-65) * Participants must not report a current diagnosis of interstitial cystitis (measured in demographics questionnaire). * Symptoms of cognitive confusion or dementia. * No active malignancy e.g. bladder or prostate cancer * Participants must not report beginner or intermediate level fluency in English. Future work will be done to translate the PROMs into alternative languages. * In addition to the interstitial cystitis exclusion question, participants will also be asked in the demographic questionnaire if they are pregnant or have an indwelling catheter or use intermittent self-catheterisation. Participants who report "yes" to either of these will be excluded from participation.