Think Dry: Optimalisation of Diagnostic Process of Urinary Incontinence in Older People

A sober blood sample is taken to observe the following parameters: creatinin, ureum, sodium, potassium, osmolality, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides)

A Renal Function Profile is a 24 hour-urine collection in which urine samples are collected at fixed time points every 3 hours, starting 3 hours after the first morning void. Daytime samples were taken at 10:00-11:30 (U1), 13:00-15:30 (U2), 16:00-17:30 (U3), 19:00-20:30 (U4), and 22:00-23:30 (U5). The nighttime samples were taken at 1:00-2:30 (U6), 4:00-5:30 (U7) and 7:00-8:30 (U8). The volume of each sample, and of each micturition in between, was noted to calculate the 24h, daytime and nighttime urine volume and diuresis rate.

Every patient complets a frequency volume chart during 24 of 72 hours

This technique provide the most precise measurement of bladder and urethral sphincter behaviour during bladder filling and during voiding.

"Patients have to fulfill the following questionaires~* ICIQ-Fluts for female participants or ICIQ-Mluts for male participants~* TILBURG FRAILTY INDICATOR~* SF-36 Quality of Life score~* N- QOL"

A measurement of the urinary flow rate is observed to collect the maximum Q/s. Afterwards an observation of the PVR is done using ultrasound.

Clinical examination of the genital region. For women, coeles are described using the POPQ