title: [Effect of an urodynamic study on women with urinary incontinence].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose was to evaluate tolerance of patients with urinary incontinence undergoing an urodynamic study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty nine patients with lower urinary tract symptoms submitted to an urodynamic study were evaluated... Prior to and immediately after the procedure each patient completed a self-administered questionnaire about several emotional variables, including anxiety, pain and shame. Answers about pain were given on a visual analog scale. Mean values of continuous variables were compared using a paired t-test, whereas categorical variables were compared using the chi-square test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age was 49.5 (23-84) years. Pain score pre-procedure was 4.29 +/-3 and after procedure was 2.7+/-2.9 (p=0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The urodynamic study is well tolerated by female patients and a low morbidity was found. Previous orientation can decrease anxiety.
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP.
authors.forename: Maíta Poli de
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Araujo
authors.forename: Emerson de
authors.initials: Ed
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Gabriela Cabral
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Queiroz
authors.forename: Silvia Helena C O
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Pimentel
authors.forename: Cláudia Cristina
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Marair Gracio F
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Sartori
authors.forename: Manoel João Batista C
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Girão
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003950:Diagnostic Techniques, Urological / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D014563:Urodynamics