Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN) Urinary Urgency Phenotyping Protocol
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.
• 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