Q. True or False?
| Urgency UI | Sudden involuntary leakage with / or immediately preceded by a strong desire to urinate that cannot easily be deferred. |
| Constipation | Difficulty evacuating bowel and uncomfortable passage of hard stools. |
| Stress UI | Involuntary leakage on effort or exertion, or on sneezing or coughing. |
| Mixed UI | Involuntary leakage associated with urgency and also with exertion, effort, sneezing or coughing. |
| Faecal impaction | An inability to pass a faecal mass and feeling of rectal fullness with rectal discharge. |
| Overflow UI | Involuntary leakage of urine in the presence of acute or chronic urinary retention. |
| Urinary retention | Presence of over 100mls of urine can be detected in the bladder immediately after voiding. |
| Incomplete emptying | Feeling of continued presence of urine in bladder or faeces in bowel after emptying. |
UI = Urinary Incontinence
Page last reviewed: 31 Jan 2022
