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Questionnaire to Distinguish between Stress and Urge Urinary Incontinence
- Jeanette S. Brown, MD;
- Eric Vittinghoff, PhD; and
- Leslee L. Subak, MD
- From University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
IN RESPONSE:
We appreciate the opportunity to respond to the comments by Drs. Kalantri, Moons, and Rich. We agree that the accuracy of the 3IQ is modest. However, Dr. Kalantri considerably overstates the proportion of women with urge incontinence (43%, which is not two thirds) and stress incontinence (23%, which is not three fifths) who are misclassified by the 3IQ (see our Table 3). As we stated in our conclusions, the modest accuracy of the 3IQ is acceptable given that the risk for misclassification and inappropriate treatment by primary care is low. …
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