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To develop and evaluate the reproducibility and construct validity of a two-question quantitative tool designed to screen and classify stress and urge urinary incontinence in women.

January 1, 2005Journal of Pelvic Medicine and Surgery

Poster 46: Validation of a Quantitative Questionnaire for Stress and Urge Urinary Incontinence

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To develop and evaluate the reproducibility and construct validity of a two-question quantitative tool designed to screen and classify stress and urge urinary incontinence in women.
Evaluated test–retest reproducibility at 3 days and construct validity in 723 women aged 19 to 85 years participating in a randomized clinical trial across Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Administered the Stress/Urge Incontinence Questionnaire (S/UIQ), which records 7-day recall of leakage episodes triggered by physical activity versus sudden urgency.
Correlated S/UIQ classifications and episode counts against a lockout electronic diary, the ICIQ-SF, the I-QOL survey, and two global severity/bother scales.
Symptom classification demonstrated moderate test–retest reproducibility (kappa = 0.536), with subtype agreement ranging from 64% to 86%, except for balanced mixed urinary incontinence (38%).
Intraclass correlations showed strong reproducibility for episode frequency: 0.726 for all incontinence episodes, 0.694 for stress episodes, and 0.703 for urge episodes.
Construct validity was supported by significant correlations (all P < 0.01) with electronic diary episodes (Spearman rho = 0.82), ICIQ-SF scores (rho = 0.63), and I-QOL scores (rho = −0.38).

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Randomized trial demonstrates the reproducibility and construct validity of a brief incontinence questionnaire in women, suggesting practical utility for primary care screening.

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Randomized trial demonstrates the reproducibility and construct validity of a brief incontinence questionnaire in women, suggesting practical utility for primary care screening.

Poster 46: Validation of a Quantitative Questionnaire for Stress and Urge Urinary Incontinence

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