Open AccessUrge incontinence history is an accurate predictor of urge incontinence
Author(s) -
Petros Peter Papa,
Ulmsten Ulf
Publication year - 1992
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 - 10.3109/00016349209041446
Subject(s) - medicine , cystometry , urge incontinence , urinary incontinence , medical history , urology , reliability (semiconductor) , gynecology , surgery , urinary bladder , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
The reliability of urge symptoms associated with actual observed urine loss was tested using subtracted cystometry, and a hand‐washing pad test in a total of 169 patients with urinary incontinence, 70 of whom had a prior history of urge incontinence. Our results showed: 1. that urodynamic or pad tests performed at a single point in time cannot retrospectively confirm a patient's past history of urge incontinence with any reliability; 2. a patient's history of urge incontinence is likely to be accurate.