Screening for Urinary Incontinence in Acute Care for Elders Unit: Comparative Performance Analysis of Katz's ADL and ICIQ-UI-SF

Overview

Journal Eur Geriatr Med

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2021 Oct 16

PMID 34654229

Authors

G Mary-Heck

H Krief

R Akrour

M Ishida

B Schurch

P-O Lang

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Abstract

Background: Urinary incontinence (UI) is a frequent, but neglected geriatric syndrome, particularly in vulnerable older patients. Optimizing screening procedures is necessary.

Objective: To compare the clinometric performances of the "continence" item of the Katz's ADL scale and the ICIQ-UI-sf for the screening of UI in vulnerable aged patients.

Methods: A prospective study was conducted in the acute care for elders (ACE) unit of an academic centre. Two independent nurses screened all patients with spontaneous urination for UI with Katz's ADL item and ICIQ-UI-sf upon the hospital admission. The diagnosis of UI resulted from an interdisciplinary conciliating meeting for urinary functional disorders (TOFU), gathering geriatricians and neuro-urologists and was considered as reference.

Results: 294 consecutive patients (mean age 86.2 ± 6.5 years; 76.5% female) admitted to the ACE unit were screened; 169 were incontinent (57.5%) according to TOFU. The Katz's ADL item identified 106 incontinent patients with 20 false positives; 83 incontinent patients were not identified. If the sensitivity and specificity of the ICIQ-UI-sf were 100.0%, they were, respectively, 50.9 and 84.0% for the Katz's ADL item. Positive and negative predictive values were 100.0% for ICIQ-UI-sf; 81.1 and 55.9% for ADL, respectively.

Conclusion: This study validates the ICIQ-UI-sf as a simple and effective screening tool for UI in vulnerable and complex hospitalized aged patients. It also demonstrates that the "continence" item of the Katz's ADL scale is not sensitive enough for UI screening in this population.

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