title: Devising an effective general nursing continence assessment tool.
abstract: Incontinence assessment forms are routinely used by nurses in order to implement the appropriate management, treatment and referral of patients suffering from bladder dysfunction. A thorough literature search using recognized databases revealed that no specific work has been carried out in respect of validating symptom scoring assessment tools for nurses. Validated symptom scores are available but these are generally used within specific areas of medicine, e.g. prostatic screening incorporates lower urinary tract symptom scores, and physiotherapy, to measure pelvic floor tone. This article examines the need for validity and symptom scoring within a general nursing incontinence assessment tool.
authors.affiliation: East and North Herts NHS Trust, Hertfordshire, UK.
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authors.lastname: Winder
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D009737:Nursing Records; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology