Clinically useful measures in women with mixed urinary incontinence.
OBJECTIVE
The purposes of this study were to assess: 1) clinically relevant relationships between urinary diary and quality of life, and 2) reproducibility of validated questionnaires and urinary diaries in women with mixed urinary incontinence symptoms (MUI).


METHODS
Forty-seven women with MUI completed 7-day diaries, the Urinary Distress Inventory (UDI-6), Incontinence Impact Questionnaire, and Medical, Epidemiological, and Social Aspects of Aging questionnaire 2 weeks apart.


RESULTS
The number of urge incontinence episodes predicted incontinence severity on UDI-6 (R(2) = .38, P < .03). Except for the number of stress incontinence episodes, diary variables and questionnaire responses were reproducible (range from Spearman's rho = .7 to rho = .96, P < .001).


CONCLUSIONS
The 6 questions of the UDI-6 adequately represent incontinence severity. With the exception of the number of stress incontinence episodes recorded on the 7-day diary, common incontinence measures are reproducible over 2 weeks.
Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA. llowenstein@lumc.edu
Lior
L
Lowenstein
Kimberly
K
Kenton
Mary Pat
MP
FitzGerald
Linda
L
Brubaker
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology