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The urinary incontinence score in the diagnosis of female urinary incontinence
Author(s) -
Ishiko O,
Hirai K,
Sumi T,
Nishimura S,
Ogita S
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/s0020-7292(99)00182-4
Subject(s) - medicine , urinary incontinence , urology , gynecology
Abstract Objective : Our purpose was to determine whether the urinary incontinence (UI) score is significantly useful in evaluating the clinical status of UI. Method : 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. Results : 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). Conclusion : The UI score will be a simple, clinically effective diagnostic procedure for UI for use by general gynecologists.