The diagnostic strength of the 24-h pad test for self-reported symptoms of urinary incontinence in pregnancy and after childbirth
| Autor: | Dick J. Tinga, Jacobus Wijma, Annemarie E. Weis Potters, Jan G. Aarnoudse |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Stress incontinence Pad test Adolescent Urology Urinary incontinence Diagnostic strength STRESS-INCONTINENCE Incontinence pads Dermatitis Contact DELIVERY Pregnancy Incontinence Pads Surveys and Questionnaires Obstetrics and Gynaecology medicine Childbirth Humans Clinical significance Obstetrics business.industry Postpartum Period WOMEN Obstetrics and Gynecology MILD medicine.disease Urinary function PREVALENCE Pregnancy Complications ROC Curve Original Article Female medicine.symptom business Postpartum period |
| Zdroj: | International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction International urogynecology journal, 19(4), 525-530. SPRINGER LONDON LTD |
| ISSN: | 1433-3023 0937-3462 1447-1450 |
| Popis: | The clinical impact of incontinence in pregnancy and after childbirth is growing because some studies report the efficacy of physiotherapy in pregnancy and because obstetric choices are supposed to have significant impact on post-reproductive urinary function (Goldberg et al. in Am J Obstet Gynecol 188:1447-1450, 2003). Thus, the need for objective measurement of urinary incontinence in pregnancy is growing. Data on pad testing in pregnancy are lacking. We assessed the clinical relevance of the 24-h pad test during pregnancy and after childbirth, compared with data on self-reported symptoms of urinary incontinence and visual analogue score. According to the receiver operating characteristic curve, the diagnostic value of pad testing for measuring (severity of) self-reported incontinence during pregnancy is not of clinical relevance. However, for the purposes of research, pad tests, combined with subjective/qualitative considerations, play a critical role in allowing comparisons across studies, quantifying the amount of urine loss and establishing a measure of severity. |
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