TABLE 1.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria for all participants with and without urgency and frequency predominant lower urinary tract symptoms (UFLUTS)
Inclusion Criteria | Exclusion Criteria |
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All | • Stress urinary incontinence or mixed incontinence more than once per month |
• Women, ages 18–60 | • Current or recurrent urinary tract infectiona or gynecologic infection or cancer |
• Able to speak and | • Pelvic organ prolapsea |
understand English | • Previous surgery for prolapse or incontinence |
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Cases w/ UFLUTS | • Hip, pelvic, or trunk trauma or cancer |
• Bothersome urgency or | • Abdominal or pelvic surgery in the past year |
frequency in the past | • Current injury that would limit their ability to participate in testing |
4 weeks | • Onabotulinumtoxin injections to the bladder, pelvic floor or hip muscles |
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Controls | • Vulvovaginal dermatological conditions associated with UFLUTS |
• No UFLUTS in the past | • Diabetes |
6 months | • Current pregnancya or birth/termination/miscarriage in the past 12 weeks |
• Age, BMI, & parity | • Neurological involvement that would influence their coordination or balance |
matched to cases | • Implanted devices that impair the ability to visualize / make ultrasound measuresb |
Items ruled out during final eligibility exam
A separate study with the same participants called for ultrasound imaging15