PRESENT STATE OF DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPY IN FEMALE URINARY-INCONTINENCE

Objective. To determine the present state of urogynecological diagnost ics, therapy and followup in the Departments of Gynecology and Obstetr ics in Austria. Design. We sent questionnaires to all Departments of G ynecology and Obstetrics in Austria. The anonymous questionnaire consi sted of 25 multiple choice questions. It was possible to choose one or e more answers by ticking applicable boxes with the casual option to g ive some additional information in form of free text. Results. Fifty-e ight departments (58%) returned their questionnaires completely answer ed indicating interest in quality management in medicine. The most rem arkable discrepancy was found between the interrogated people's estima tion of the expressiveness of examination techniques and the actual us e of such techniques. Conclusion. We regard the results of this survey as a basis for further quality management strategies in the held of u rogynecology in Austria.