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9 - Bladder diaries
- By Matthew Parsons, Birmingham Women's Hospital
Edited by Ranee Thakar, Philip Toosz-Hobson, Lucia Dolan
Book:

Urodynamics Illustrated

Published online:

05 February 2014

Print publication:

01 October 2011, pp 99-116
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Summary

The bladder diary is an important tool in the investigation of patients with lower urinary tract symptoms and voiding dysfunction. There are different methods for recording information on voiding patterns. A frequency-volume chart is the simplest method and collects information on volumes voided and micturition times. A voiding or bladder diary provides a more detailed record. The paper diary is the most common as it is easy to produce and store, inexpensive and convenient to post or hand directly to the patient. The electronic bladder diary such as the UroDiary uses an intelligent character recognition programme and calculates a centile ranking for results, correcting for age and 24-hour voided volume. Bladder diaries are more accurate than recall when recording urinary symptoms. The bladder diaries guide many aspects of conservative treatment, especially timing and types of fluids.