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- Title
The urinary incontinence score in the diagnosis of female urinary incontinence.
- Authors
Ishiko, O; Hirai, K; Sumi, T; Nishimura, S; Ogita, S
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>Our purpose was to determine whether the urinary incontinence (UI) score is significantly useful in evaluating the clinical status of UI.<bold>Method: </bold>The questionnaire was administered to 198 UI patients (27-73 years of age) diagnosed by conventional procedures. It consisted of 15 questions, and the answers were assigned points divided into a stress score (s-s) and urge score (u-s) according to severity.<bold>Results: </bold>The patients were classified into a stress incontinence group (SI; 125 cases), urge incontinence group (URI; 29 cases), mixed incontinence group (MI; 41 cases), and overflow incontinence group (3 cases). Classification by questionnaire yielded 110 SI cases, 31 URI cases, and 46 MI cases, accuracy of 83.2%, 86.2%, and 61.0%, respectively. A significant correlation was observed with s-s of SI (r = 0.669, P < 0.001) and u-s of URI (r = 0.583, P < 0.005).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The UI score will be a simple, clinically effective diagnostic procedure for UI for use by general gynecologists.
- Publication
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2000, Vol 68, Issue 2, p131
- ISSN
0020-7292
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1016/S0020-7292(99)00182-4