[Usefulness of voiding history using voiding dysfunction questionnaire in diagnosis of lower urinary tract dysfunction in women]

Ginekol Pol. 2001 Mar;72(3):127-33.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Objectives: The two functions of the lower urinary tract are the filling/storage and emptying. Similarly lower urinary tract symptoms can be subdivided.

Design: The aim of the study was the estimation of usefulness of present complaints-voiding history in diagnosis of lower urinary tract dysfunctions.

Material and methods: 53 women with the mean age of 37.2 (range of 16 to 70) with chronic lower urinary tract symptoms without neurogenic or organic disease were examined.

Results: There was only a correlation between urge incontinence and bladder instability (p = 0.0075).

Conclusion: There were no correlation (except urge incontinence) between symptoms and lower urinary tract dysfunctions.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Surveys and Questionnaires*
  • Urinary Bladder Diseases / complications
  • Urinary Bladder Diseases / diagnosis
  • Urinary Incontinence / etiology
  • Urologic Diseases / complications
  • Urologic Diseases / diagnosis*