Urge incontinence history is an accurate predictor of urge incontinence.
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.
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Department of Gynecology, Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*