Quiz 2: Etiology

The least common cause of urinary incontinence in the elderly is:
1. Functional incontinence
2. Giggle incontinence
3. Stress incontinence
4. Overflow incontinence
5. Mixed incontinence
DIAPPERS is an easy acronym to remember the cases of acute incontinence. The "S" stands for:
1. Stress urinary incontinence
2. Severe urinary tract infection
3. Stool impaction
4. Smooth muscle relaxants
5. Steroid imbalance
Urge incontinence is:
1. An infrequent cause of urinary incontinence in the elderly
2. Related to a deficient inhibition of the pontine micturition center
3. Nearly always associated with stress urinary incontinence
4. More common in men than women
5. Rarely seen during urodynamic testing of the bladder
Stress urinary incontinence relates to:
1. Descent of the uterus and vaginal vault
2. Kinking of the urethra with effort
3. Psychological stress of aging
4. Leakage with efforts
5. Nighttime incontinence
Mixed urinary incontinence implies:
1. An equal amount of stress urinary and urge incontinence
2. More urge than stress incontinence
3. More stress than urge incontinence
4. A central nervous system etiology
5. A combination of stress and urge incontinence