The standard 1-hour pad test: Does it have any value in clinical practice?

European Urology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 377-380

  Abdel Fattah, M ^a   Barrington, J W ^b   Youssef, M ^b  

^a ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pad test; Quality of life; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCONTINENCE PADS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 4043104059     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2004.04.018     Document Type: Article

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