Urinary Incontinence

Question 1

Involuntary loss of urine on effort or physical exertion, or on sneezing or coughing

Answer 1

Stress urinary incontinence

Question 2

Involuntary loss of urine associated with urgency

Answer 2

Urgency urinary incontinence

Question 3

Involuntary loss of urine associated with urgency and also with effort or physical exertion or on sneezing or coughing

Answer 3

Mixed urinary incontinence

Question 4

The loss of urine due to poor or absent bladder contractions or bladder outlet obstruction that leads to urinary retention with overdistension of the bladder and overflow incontinence

Answer 4

Overflow urinary incontinence

Question 5

The loss of urine at all times, possibly due to a urinary fistula secondary to surgery, radiation, or obstructed labor

Answer 5

Continuous urinary incontinence

Question 6

The loss of urine due to a physical or psychological (e.g., dementia) inability to respond to voiding cues. Often seen in nursing home patients and geriatric patients

Answer 6

Functional urinary incontinence