Terminology

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Stress Incontinence

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Complaint of involuntary loss of urine on effort or physical exertion (e.g., sporting activities), or on sneezing or coughing.

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Urgency Incontinence

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Complaint of involun- tary loss of urine associated with urgency

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Postural Incontinence

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Complaint of involuntary loss of urine associated with change of body position, for example, rising from a seated or lying position.

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Nocturnal Enuresis

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Complaint of involuntary urinary loss of urine which occurs during sleep.

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Continuous Incontinence

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Complaint of con- tinuous involuntary loss of urine

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Insensible Incontinence

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Complaint of urinary incontinence where the woman has been unaware of how it occurred.

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Coital Incontinence

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Complaint of involuntary loss of urine with coitus. This symptom might be further divided into that occurring with penetration or intromission and that occurring at orgasm.

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Intromission

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The process of admitting or introducing; the act of putting one thing in another

Question 9

Complaint that micturi- tion occurs more frequently during waking hours than previously deemed normal by the woman

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Increased daytime urinary frequency

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Complaint of interruption of sleep one or more times because of the need to micturate.3 v Each void is preceded and followed by sleep.

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Nocturia

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Complaint of a sudden, compelling desire to pass urine which is difficult to defer.vi

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Urgency

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Urinary urgency, usually accompanied by frequency and noctu- ria, with or without urgency urinary incontinence, in the absence of urinary tract infection (UTI) or other obvious pathology.

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Overactive Bladder Syndrome

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Complaint that the desire to void during bladder filling occurs earlier or is more persistent to that previous experienced. N.B.: This differs from urgency by the fact that micturition can be postponed despite the desire to void.

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Increased bladder sensation

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Complaint that the definite desire to void occurs later to that previously experienced despite an awareness that the bladder is filling

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Reduced bladder sensation

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Complaint of both the absence of the sensation of bladder filling and a definite desire to void.3

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Absent bladder sensation

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Complaint of a delay in initiating micturition.

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Hesitancy

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Complaint of a urinary stream perceived as slower compared to previous performance or in
comparison with others.

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Slow stream

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Complaint of urine flow that stops and

starts on one or more occasions during voiding.

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Intermittency

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Complaint of the need to make an intensive effort (by abdominal straining, Valsalva or suprapubic pressure) to either initiate, maintain, or
improve the urinary stream.

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Straining to void

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Complaint that the
urine passage is a spray or split rather than a single
discrete stream.

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Spraying of urinary stream

Question 21

Complaint that

the bladder does not feel empty after micturition.

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Feeling of incomplete bladder emptying

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Complaint that further

micturition is necessary soon after passing urine.

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Need to immediately re-void

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Complaint of a further involun- tary passage of urine following the completion of
micturition.

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Post micturition leakage

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Complaint of
having to take specific positions to be able to micturate spontaneously or to improve bladder emptying, for example, leaning forwards or backwards on the toilet
seat or voiding in the semi-standing position.

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Position dependent micturition

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Complaint of burning or other discomfort during micturition. Discomfort may be intrinsic to the
lower urinary tract or external (vulvar dysuria).

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Dysuria

Question 26

Complaint of the inability to

pass urine despite persistent effort.

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Urinary retention