Table 1: Definitions of some Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS).
| Symptoms | Definition |
| Nocturia | • Is the complaint that the individual has to wake at night one or more times to void |
| Urgency | • Is the complaint of a sudden compelling desire to pass urine, which is difficult to defer |
| Increased daytime frequency | • Is the complaint by the patient who considers that he/she voids too often by day |
| Urinary incontinence | • Is the complaint of any involuntary leakage of urine |
Types of urinary incontinence Stress Urge Mixed stress/urge |
• Is the complaint of involuntary leakage on effort or exertion, or on sneezing or on coughing • Is the complaint of involuntary leakage accompanied by or immediately preceded by urgency • Is the complaint of involuntary leakage associated with urgency and also with exertion, effort, sneezing or coughing |
| Feeling of incomplete bladder emptying | • Is a self-explanatory term for a feeling experiences by the individual after passing urine |
| Post micturition dribble | • Is the term when an individual describes the involuntary loss of urine immediately after has finished passing urine, usually after leaving the toilet in men, or after rising from toilet in women |