[Urinary incontinence. Evaluation and classification methods].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate different methods for clinical evaluation of female urinary incontinence.


METHODS
A through bibliographic review has been carried out with special attention to the diagnostic tests of greater importance currently. Additionally we present the various female incontinence classifications.


RESULTS
There is a growing interest in the use of questionnaires for subjective evaluation of symptoms. Among the objective tests for evaluation and quantification of the urine leaks the frequency/volume charts and the diaper test are very useful. Video-urodynamics and the late contributions from ultrasonography must be highlighted in the field of imaging tests. From the Urodynamics point of view, abdominal leak point pressure plays an interesting role in the diagnosis of female's urinary incontinence.


CONCLUSIONS
After proper clinical evaluation, reasonable use of diagnostic tests and urologists experience will allow to set an exact diagnosis to offer the right treatment to the patients.
Vicente Prados
Francisco Javier
FJ
Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España.
Cózar Olmo
José Manuel
JM
Martínez Morcillo
Antonio
A
Espejo Maldonado
Eduardo
E
Tallada Buñuel
Miguel
M
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014554:Urination; D014563:Urodynamics