Pad tests in children with incontinence.
Different pad tests were compared in 50 incontinent children. In a 2-hour ward test with standardized activities and fluid provocation 70% were positive. In a simple 12-hour home test with 30 children 68% were positive; when a fluid provocation period was included in the home test with 20 children the frequency increased to 80%. Pad tests are easy to perform with children in the home and are valuable as screening instruments. Further, the simultaneous registration of events gives a more complete picture of the incontinence pattern.
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Andersson
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Hjälmås
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Jodal
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis*