Is the Cough Stress Test Equivalent to the 24 Hour Pad Test in the Assessment of Stress Incontinence?

University of California, Irvine60 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this research study is to identify if the cough stress test is equal to the 24hour pad test in assessing stress urinary incontinence.

The 24 hour pad test involves women collecting their pre-weighed incontinence pads for 24 hours and returning them to the clinician for weighing. This allows for accurate quantification of urine loss. This test is often used in clinical studies before and after intervention to assess efficacy of treatment. The cough stress test is an alternative testing modality used to evaluate stress incontinence. It is an easy test to perform in a single visit to the clinician's office and the results are immediately available. It involves the patient coughing forcefully with a full bladder and watching for leakage of urine through the urethra. In our study, our primary aim is to compare the equivalency of the cough stress test to the 24 hour pad test as a measure of stress urinary incontinence. Our secondary aim will be to assess patient comfort and satisfaction with each of the testing modalities. If the cough stress test is equivalent, it will provide an additional, easy to use tool for patient evaluation.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Stress Urinary Incontinence

Interventions

Cough Stress TestPROCEDURE

A cough stress test is performed by using a catheter to introduce 300ml of sterile water into the bladder. The patient is then asked to stand and cough forcefully and the clinician will observe for urine loss.

24 Hour Pad TestOTHER

The patient will be provided with a standard number of pads in a sealed bag that have been pre-weighed. The patient will wear the pads for 24 consecutive hours then return the all the pads within the bag for weighing post usage.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * patients with the primary complaint of stress incontinence with minimal or no urge incontinence symptoms. They must be able to read English as the study involves use of validated questionnaires which have only been validated in English. Exclusion Criteria: * patients unable to stand (to perform standing stress test), patients with leakage from a urinary tract fistula, use of vaginal creams within 72 hours of the pad test, active vaginal infection, sexual intercourse within 24 hours of the pad test and patients who do not read English.

Locations (1)

UC Irvine Women's Healthcare

Orange, California, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The primary aim is to compare the equivalency of the cough stress test to the 24 hour pad test as a measure of stress urinary incontinence.

Time frame: Data will be analyzed at study completion at approximately 3 years.

Secondary Outcomes

The secondary aim will be to assess patient comfort and satisfaction with each of the testing modalities. If the cough stress test is equivalent, it will provide an additional, easy to use tool for patient evaluation.

Time frame: Data will be analyzed at study completion at approximately 3 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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