The Patient’s Perception of Intensity of Urgency Scale (PPIUS) can be used to evaluate a patient with overactive bladder. It can be recorded in a personal diary each time that the patient urinates.
Urination is the passing of urine into a toilet.
Incontinence is involuntary release of urine.
Parameters:
(1) need to urinate (empty bladder) = urgency
(2) ability to postpone urination
(3) incontinence after onset of need to urinate (urge incontinence)
Need to Urinate
Ability to Postpone
Incontinenace
Urgency
absent
NA
NA
0 (none)
present
postpone as long as necessary
NA
1 (mild)
present
postpone short time
NA
2 (moderate)
present
unable, afraid of wetting self
no
3 (severe)
present
unable, afraid of wetting self
yes
4 (urge incontinence)
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