ruis_score: Revised Urinary Incontinence Scale (RUIS)

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Revised Urinary Incontinence Scale (RUIS)

Description

Calculates the Revised Urinary Incontinence Scale (RUIS) score to assess the severity of urinary incontinence. The scale consists of 5 items evaluating leakage related to activity, urgency, other causes, amount, and frequency.

Usage

ruis_score(leakage_activity, leakage_urgency, leakage_no_activity,
           leakage_amount, leakage_frequency)

Arguments

leakage_activity	Numeric (0-3). Q1: How often do you experience urine leakage related to physical activity, coughing, or sneezing? 0: Not at all 1: Slightly 2: Moderately 3: Greatly
leakage_urgency	Numeric (0-3). Q2: How often do you experience urine leakage related to the feeling of urgency? 0: Not at all 1: Slightly 2: Moderately 3: Greatly
leakage_no_activity	Numeric (0-3). Q3: How often do you experience urine leakage related to neither physical activity nor urgency? 0: Not at all 1: Slightly 2: Moderately 3: Greatly
leakage_amount	Numeric (0-3). Q4: How much urine do you lose each time? 0: Drops 1: Small splashes 2: More than splashes
leakage_frequency	Numeric (0-4). Q5: How often do you experience urine leakage? 0: Never 1: Once a month or less 2: Two or three times a month 3: Once a week 4: Every day and/or night

Value

A list containing:

RUIS_Score	The calculated total score (Range 0-16).
Severity_Level	Classification (Slight 0-3, Moderate 4-8, Severe >=9).

References

Sansoni J, Hawthorne G, Marosszeky N, et al. Validation of the Revised Urinary Incontinence Scale (RUIS). Proc Int Continence Soc. 2010.

Examples

# Example 1: Moderate Incontinence
# Activity(2), Urgency(1), Other(0), Amount(1), Frequency(3)
# Score = 2+1+0+1+3 = 7
ruis_score(2, 1, 0, 1, 3)

# Example 2: Severe Incontinence
# Activity(3), Urgency(3), Other(1), Amount(2), Frequency(4)
# Score = 3+3+1+2+4 = 13
ruis_score(3, 3, 1, 2, 4)

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