The need for a novel tool
SUI, weight gain, clinician-observed cough stress, coughs
PAD, STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE, LEAKAGE
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) refers to a complaint of involuntary loss of urine on effort or physical exertion [Currently, urodynamics testing is the ‘standard’ investigation in assessing SUI in clinical practice [A common non-invasive test is the clinician-observed cough stress test (CST). The CST is a common office-based test in which a health professional reports any leakage from patients following coughs in a supine or standing position. Despite common use in clinical practice, it is also burdened by standardisation difficulties [Another common test used for SUI assessment is the pad test, where the patient wears a pad for a specified period of time before giving it back to researchers to record the weight gain. There is a range of intervals at which patients are asked to wear the pads: 1, 2, 8, 12, 24, and 72 h [Both the CST and the 24-h pad test demonstrate favourable reliability and validity [Clinical trials are the cornerstone of evidenced-based medicine. There is a growing interest in how best to recruit and retain participants to both preserve the quality of research and to keep within budget and achieve deadline targets [