Checklist - Urinary

Types Symptoms (check all that apply)* Treatment Options

You regularly have an urgent need to go to the bathroom Urine often leaks before arriving at the toilet

• Pelvic muscle exercises „ • Medication „ • Urinating on a schedule „ • Surgery

Urge incontinence

• Treating a chronic cough „ • Pelvic muscle exercises „ • Medication „ • Urinating on a schedule „ • For women: urethral inserts „ • Surgery

Stress incontinence

Urine leaks when you cough, sneeze, laugh, jump or even walk

• Double voiding (waiting a few minutes after • going to try again, emptying the bladder) • Pelvic muscle exercises „ • Medication „ • Urinating on a schedule „ • Using a catheter „ • Surgery

Your bladder never completely empties

Overflow incontinence

You frequently need to go to the bathroom

You often leak small amounts of urine

You feel the need to use the bathroom but aren’t physically able to get there in time (i.e., someone with arthritis may have a hard time unbuttoning their pants, resulting in an accident)

• Treating the underlying condition • or disease • Scheduled bathroom trips „ • Pelvic muscle exercises

Functional incontinence