Table 2.

Distribution of the first step of diagnosis in both countries.

Category	Count/n (%)
	Spain	Italy
Patient reporting and history, urinalysis	37/263 (14.1%)	55/460 (12.0%)
Patient reporting and history, blood work and urinalysis	44/263 (16.7%)	64/469 (13.9%)
Patient reporting and history, blood work, urinalysis and abdominal ultrasound	181/263(68.8%)	328/460 (71.3%)
Patient reporting and history and antibiotic treatment for UI	0/263 (0.0%)	9/460 (2.0%)
Patient reporting and history, and symptomatic treatment for UI	0/263 (0.0%)	1/460 (0.2%)
Other	1/263 (0.4%)	3/460 (0.7%)