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Incontinence Stress Index (ISI)

 
ISI or ISQ:
Three components (questionnaires):
- Incontinence Stress Questionnaire - Patient (ISQ-P)
- Incontinence Stress Questionnaire - Staff Observation of Patient Stress (ISQ-SOPS)
- Incontinence Stress Questionnaire - Staff Reaction to urinary incontinence (ISQ-SR)
 

Author(s)

Yu Lucy C

 

Purpose

  • Pathology:

Pathological conditions signs and symptoms

Urologic diseases

  • Disease:

Urinary incontinence

  • Objective:

To assess psychological stress associated with urinary incontinence

  • Population for intended use:

Female

 
 

Characteristics

  • Type of instrument:

Psychological functioning (incl. coping)

  • Administration mode:

Self-administered

  • Number of items:

ISQ-P: 40 (20 items for the short version), ISQ-SR: 30

  • Recall/Observation period:

The last 7 days

 
 

Language(s)

  • Original language:

English for the USA

  • List of existing translations:

The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.
This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.

ISI

Norwegian for Norway
 

Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

ISQ-SR:

Yu LC, Johnson K, Kaltreider DL, Hu TW, Brannon D, Ory M. Urinary incontinence: nursing home staff reaction toward residents. J Gerontol Nurs 1991;17:34-41


ISQ-P:

Yu LC, Kaltreider DL, Hu T, Igou JF, Craighead WE. The ISQ-P tool: measuring stress associated with incontinence. J Gerontol Nurs 1989; 15:9-15


ISI (or ISQ):

Yu LC, Kaltreider DL. Stressed nurses dealing with incontinent patients. J Gerontol Nurs 1987; 13:27-30

Last update: April 2012

Last update in collaboration with the author: May 2005