Questionnaire to Distinguish between Stress and Urge Urinary Incontinence
Authors: Jeanette S. Brown, Eric Vittinghoff, Leslee L. Subak
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2006)

Letters19 December 2006Questionnaire to Distinguish between Stress and Urge Urinary IncontinenceJeanette S. Brown, MD, Eric Vittinghoff, PhD, and Leslee L. Subak, MDJeanette S. Brown, MDFrom University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.Search for more papers by this author, Eric Vittinghoff, PhDFrom University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.Search for more papers by this author, and Leslee L. Subak, MDFrom University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-145-12-200612190-00018 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE: We appreciate the opportunity to respond to the comments by Drs. Kalantri, Moons, and Rich. We agree that the accuracy of the 3IQ is modest. However, Dr. Kalantri considerably overstates the proportion of women with urge incontinence (43%, which is not two thirds) and stress incontinence (23%, which is not three fifths) who are misclassified by the 3IQ (see our Table 3). As we stated in our conclusions, the modest accuracy of the 3IQ is acceptable given that the risk for misclassification and inappropriate treatment by primary care is low.In response to Dr. Moons, the 3IQ is ...Reference1. Burgio KL, Goode PS, Locher JL, Umlauf MG, Roth DL, Richter HE, et al. Behavioral training with and without biofeedback in the treatment of urge incontinence in older women: a randomized, controlled trial. JAMA. 2002;288:2293-9. [PMID: 12425706] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Jeanette S. Brown, MD; Eric Vittinghoff, PhD; Leslee L. Subak, MDAffiliations: From University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.Disclosures: Dr. Brown has received research support through contracts with University of California, San Francisco, from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and Pfizer Inc. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoThe Sensitivity and Specificity of a Simple Test To Distinguish between Urge and Stress Urinary Incontinence Jeanette S. Brown , Catherine S. Bradley , Leslee L. Subak , Holly E. Richter , Stephen R. Kraus , Linda Brubaker , Feng Lin , Eric Vittinghoff , and Deborah Grady , for the Diagnostic Aspects of Incontinence Study (DAISy) Research GroupQuestionnaire to Distinguish between Stress and Urge Urinary Incontinence Shriprakash Kalantri Questionnaire to Distinguish between Stress and Urge Urinary Incontinence Karel G.M. Moons Questionnaire to Distinguish between Stress and Urge Urinary Incontinence Steven A. Rich Metrics 19 December 2006Volume 145, Issue 12Page: 935-936KeywordsAlgorithmsConflicts of interestIncontinenceMedical risk factorsQuestionnairesRenal diseasesUrodynamics ePublished: 19 December 2006 Issue Published: 19 December 2006 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2006 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...