Sensitivity and specificity of one-hour pad test as a predictive value for female urinary incontinence

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-159

  Costantini, Elisabetta ^a   Lazzeri, Massimo ^a,b   Bini, Vittorio ^a   Giannantoni, Antonella ^a   Mearini, Luigi ^a   Porena, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Department of Medical Surgical Specialties and Public Health   (Italy)

Author keywords

One hour pad test; Urinary incontinence; Urodynamic assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONE HOUR PAD TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCONTINENCE PADS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 50849096368     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000144053     Document Type: Article

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