Tolerability and morbidity of urodynamic testing: a questionnaire-based study.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the tolerability and morbidity rate of multichannel urodynamics (UDS).


METHODS
A total of 154 consecutive patients were included in the present study; 87 men and 67 women underwent UDS and completed a questionnaire. All patients undergoing UDS were given a two-part questionnaire. The first part, given immediately after UDS, contained four questions regarding pain, embarrassment, and physical burden (assessed with a visual analogue scale on which 0 = not at all, 10 = unbearable), as well as willingness to undergo UDS again. The second part, given within 2 weeks after UDS, contained five questions regarding micturition pain, gross hematuria, dysuria, cloudy urine, and fever episodes after UDS. Urine specimens were also analyzed.


RESULTS
The mean (+/-SD) degrees of pain, embarrassment, and physical burden were 2.27 +/- 2.53, 2.59 +/- 2.69, and 1.76 +/- 2.43, respectively, and 73.6% of men and 80.6% of women were willing to repeat UDS. The most common complaint after UDS was micturition pain. Two men and 1 woman had fever after UDS; there was no relationship between fever and urinary tract infections. Urinalysis showed that 4.6% of men and 7.5% of women had leukocyturia after the investigation.


CONCLUSIONS
The complication rates of UDS were relatively low. For most patients, UDS were tolerable and acceptable. Proper informed consent is necessary.
Department of Urology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan. uroyoko@md.okayama-u.ac.jp
Teruhiko
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Yokoyama
Kunihiro
K
Nozaki
Hiroyuki
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Nose
Miyabi
M
Inoue
Yasuhiro
Y
Nishiyama
Hiromi
H
Kumon
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012752:Shame; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014563:Urodynamics