Development of a scoring system for the quality of urodynamic traces

Hypothesis / aims of study Quality urodynamic traces are essential for delivering good urodynamic diagnoses. Despite the ICS guidelines (1), there is no objective method for assessing urodynamic trace quality. Quality assurance in clinical trials uses independent scrutiny of all traces or of random samples. Both these methods are inherently subjective. Recently, an assessment was made of adherence to ICS standards in publications, which highlighted the lack of quality in practice (2). It would therefore be helpful to be able to objectively quantify the quality of urodynamic traces in order to assist audit of practice. This study aims to develop a scoring system for the quality of a urodynamic trace by grading the relative importance of features acknowledged to be good practice.