Helpful Questions When Taking History of Incontinence

• Do you leak urine when you cough, sneeze, or laugh?

• Do you ever have such an uncomfortably strong need to urinate that if you don't reach the toilet you leak?

• How many times during the day do you urinate?

• How many times do you get up to void during the night after going to bed?

• Have you ever wet the bed?

• Do you leak during sexual intercourse?

• Do you wear a pad to protect your clothing?

• If yes, how often do you change the pad: when it has only a few drops, when it is damp, or when it is totally wet?

• After you urinate do you have dribbling or still feel the presence of urine in your bladder?

• Does it hurt when you urinate?

• Do you lose urine without the urge to go?