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Advantages and Disadvantages of Commonly Used Urinary Incontinence Questionnaires-How to Correctly Choose
Katarzyna Skorupska1, Aleksandra Kamińska1
12nd Department of Gynecology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-090 Lublin, Poland.
Journal of Clinical Medicine
|November 27, 2025
Summary
Questionnaires are essential for diagnosing urinary incontinence (UI) and assessing its impact on quality of life. Combining subjective patient-reported outcomes with objective measures provides a comprehensive evaluation for effective treatment.
Area of Science:
- Urology
- Clinical Research
- Patient-Reported Outcomes
Background:
- Urinary incontinence (UI) diagnosis requires comprehensive assessment.
- Current objective measures do not fully capture patient experience.
- Patient perception and quality of life impact are crucial.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify clinically useful questionnaires for UI diagnosis.
- To determine the optimal application of questionnaires for specific UI types.
Main Methods:
- Systematic literature search of MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, and Scopus.
- Keywords included "questionnaires and urinary incontinence" and "questionnaires and quality of life".
- Studies involving human subjects were included without language restriction.
Main Results:
- Numerous methods exist for assessing incontinence severity and symptoms.
- Objective measures and clinical history are recommended but insufficient alone.
- Comprehensive assessment requires combining subjective (questionnaires) and objective measures.
Conclusions:
- Questionnaires (patient-reported outcome measures) are valuable for UI diagnosis and severity assessment.
- They effectively evaluate UI's impact on quality of life (QoL) and treatment outcomes.
- Accurate assessment of symptoms and health-related QoL is central to medical outcomes research.
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