title: [Urinary incontinence. Evaluation and classification methods].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España.
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Vicente Prados
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cózar Olmo
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez Morcillo
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Espejo Maldonado
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tallada Buñuel
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014554:Urination; D014563:Urodynamics