Concern issues around frequency-volume charts and bladder diaries
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Frequency-volume chart, bladder diary, reliability, compliance, lower urinary tract symptomsAbstract
Frequency-volume chart (FVC) and Bladder diary (BD) are widely accepted as an additional tool to evaluate lower urinary tract symptoms. They are simple and inexpensive as well as provide more precise information. However, the guidelines and experts recommend 3-day FVC/BD for evaluation both men and women with lower urinary tract symptoms, it may not be enough for some specific symptoms. To avoid poor compliance and poor reliability, the appropriate duration and instruction are mandatory in each patient. Moreover, there are some limitation and concerns need to be recognized before interpretation. This review would like to demonstrate the appropriate duration of FVC/BD to increase completion rate, compliance and reliability as well as to decrease interpretation errors of FVC/BD.
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