Do Patient Anxiety Levels Decrease Urodynamic Test Reproducibility?

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study will look at how pre-test anxiety levels affect the reproducibility of symptoms during routine urodynamic testing in women. Urodynamics is a test that assesses the function of the lower urinary tract, including the bladder.

Detailed Description
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The results of urodynamic tests often determine treatment for patients, which may include bladder retraining, medication and/or surgery. Thus, it is important for the results of urodynamics to be accurate and representative of the patient's symptoms outside of the clinic. Pre-test anxiety levels in women undergoing urodynamics will be measured using a validated questionnaire HADS (Hospital anxiety and depression scale). The patient, prior to their routine urodynamics test, will fill out this self-administered questionnaire. Reproducibility of patient symptoms will be measured using a non-validated quantitative bladder test assessment. The patient will fill out this self-administered quantitative bladder assessment after their urodynamics test. The pre-test anxiety and symptom reproducibility variables will be correlated against each other to assess whether there is correlation between the two. A Spearman Rho test will be used to assess the strength of the relationship.

Official Title
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Do Increased Levels of Anxiety Decrease the Reproducibility of Symptoms During Urodynamic Studies in Women?

Conditions
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Anxiety, Overactive Bladder, Urinary Incontinence, Stress, Urinary Incontinence, Urge, Urinary Retention

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Women attending for their first time to the urodynamics clinic for the assessment of their bladder function Must be over the age of 18 years old Must be able to consent for themselves Exclusion Criteria: Any patients not covered in the inclusion criteria

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 99 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Correlate pre-test anxiety scores with the reproducibility of symptom scores from urodynamic studies in women |  | 9 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The number of women who have their typical symptoms reproduced during urodynamic studies |  | 9 months | 
| Number of women with abnormal (i.e. not normal) urodynamic diagnosis and high pre-test anxiety scores |  | 9 months | 
| Number of women with abnormal (i.e. not normal) urodynamic diagnosis with low reproducibility of symptom scores |  | 9 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Anxiety, Urodynamics, Symptom reproducibility, Lower urinary tract symptoms, Women