[Is it necessary to conduct a urodynamic study in the diagnosis of urinary incontinence?]

Urinary incontinence is a dysfunction that affects 20%-50% of the women in Spain, depending on age. Even though it does not involve a prognosis of severity, it reduces self-esteem, limits independence and clear deteriorates quality of life. The diagnosis is generally made following the international criteria collected in the clinical practice guidelines. Even if it is true that the symptoms make it possible to suspect the nature of the functional disorder, this is not always sufficient or conclusive and there may be errors even in the clearest cases. Even so, the need to conduct a urodynamic study in the assessment of women with urinary incontinence diagnosed according to the symptoms mentioned continues to be debatable and there are no unified and defined criteria in our setting in regards to when it is necessary to request urodynamic tests.