The purpose of this study is to define and characterize important subtypes of patients with urinary urgency to improve our understanding of the pathophysiology, risk factors, experiences, and comorbidities to lay the foundation for more effective treatment by focusing on the most bothersome and difficult to treat symptoms of urinary urgency and urgency urinary incontinence.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Women or men presenting for evaluation or treatment of urinary urgency/ UUI to one of the LURN sites. These symptoms are not required to be the primary symptom(s) of presentation, but must be bothersome to the participant.
* Age ≥ 18 years.
* The presence of any of the urinary urgency or urgency incontinence symptoms based on responses to the LUTS Tool with a 1-month recall period (Appendix A) as follows:
Answered "sometimes", "often", or "always" on either:
* "During the past month, how often have you had a sudden need to rush to urinate?". Participants who answered "never" or "rarely" are not eligible since they are not deemed to have significant urinary urgency symptoms.
* "How often have you had a sudden need to rush to urinate for the fear of leaking urine?"
* Positive answer must also be associated with bother rating on that particular question of "somewhat", "quite a bit", or "a great deal"
* The ability to give informed consent and complete self-reported questionnaires electronically.
* Access to and willingness to utilize smart phone
Exclusion Criteria:
* a. Clinical impression of bladder outlet obstruction (based on symptoms or urodynamics) as primary etiology of LUTS.
b. Gross hematuria/self-reported gross or visible urine in the blood. c. Significant neurologic disease or injury, including but not limited to: cerebral vascular accident with residual defect, Alzheimer's dementia, Parkinson's disease, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord…