Open Access24‐Hour Home Par Weighing Test Versus 1‐Hour Ward Test In The Assessment Of Mild Stress Incontinence
Author(s) -
Lose Gunnar,
Jørgensen Lisbeth,
Thunedborg Per
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348909020991
Subject(s) - medicine , test (biology) , urinary incontinence , stress incontinence , reproducibility , urology , gynecology , statistics , paleontology , mathematics , biology
Twenty‐three normal volunteers and 31 women admitted for stress or mixed incontinence underwent two 24‐hour home pad weighing tests. In the patients the test result was compared with the result obtained with the 1‐hour ward pad weighing test. Median pad weight gain was 4 g/24‐h, with an upper 99% limit of 8 9/24 h in normal women. The median urine loss was 17 g/24‐h in the patients. Eighteen (58%) patients were classified as incontinent according to the result of the 1‐h ward test, versus 28 (90%) according to the result of the 24‐h home test. There was no significant correlation between the result of the 1‐h test and the 24‐h test. In the patients, test‐retest analysis showed a significant variation in the result of the 24‐h test. It is concluded that the better of two 24‐h home tests is more sensitive for confirmation incontinence than is one 1‐h ward test. Consequently, the 24‐h home test is of practical use as a screening test for incontinence. The reproducibility of the test, however, seems insufficiently satisfactory to allow of its use in comparative scientific studies.