Editing AUA: Female SUI (2023) (section)

==== History ====
* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Characterize incontinence</span>''' (stress, urgency, mixed, continuous, without sensory awareness).
** Presence of coughing, sneezing, lifting, walking, or running as initiators of incontinence increases the likelihood of SUI as the cause of urinary leakage
** '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Chronicity of symptoms</span>'''
** '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Frequency, bother, and severity</span>''' of incontinence episodes. Pad or protection use.
*** '''<span style="color:#ff0000">An assessment of bother is paramount to the decision to operate in the index patient.</span>'''
* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Associated</span>''' 
**'''<span style="color:#ff0000">Urinary tract symptoms</span>''' (e.g., urgency, frequency, nocturia, dysuria, hematuria, slow flow, hesitancy, incomplete emptying)
** '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Pelvic symptoms</span>''' (e.g., pelvic pain, pressure, bulging, dyspareunia)
**'''<span style="color:#ff0000">GI symptoms</span>''' (e.g., constipation, diarrhea, splinting to defecate)
* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Menopausal status</span>'''
* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Obstetric history</span>''' (e.g., gravity, parity, method of delivery)
* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Previous pelvic surgeries</span>'''
* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Past medical history</span>''' (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, history of pelvic radiation)
* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Current and past medications</span>'''
* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Fluid, alcohol, and caffeine intake</span>'''
* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Previous treatments for incontinence</span>''' (e.g., behavioral therapy, Kegel exercises/pelvic floor muscle training, pharmacotherapy, surgery)
* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Patient’s expectations of treatment</span>''' (patient-centered goals)
* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">History alone, while helpful, does not definitively diagnose SUI in women</span>'''