A bladder diary is a simple assessment tool used by you and your doctor to monitor your bladder symptoms. It helps to track your day-to-day bladder habits and patterns related to urination such as urgency, frequency, and pattern of voiding.1
What is a bladder diary?
How will it help you?
Bladder diary can be helpful as it monitors your daily habits, symptom status, and its impact on your life. Three days of a bladder diary provide a stable and reliable measurement of the frequency of uncontrolled bladder episodes.1 Keeping a bladder diary will help you and your doctor understand your urinary symptoms and its better management.
Start Maintaining a Diary for everyday
Start with maintaining your diary after you wake up and continue it each day (if you wake up at 7:00 am on first day, then continue taking notes until 7:00 am the next day)
Note down all the fluids you drink (i.e., water, juice, coffee, wine) and its quantity
Try measuring the quantity using ‘ml’ or cups/glasses .
Keep a track of fluid intake you had throughout the day
Note down the time and the quantity you urinate in terms of ‘ml’ or cups, during both the day and night.
Your doctor might provide you a special measuring collection device to use.
Maintain diary for at least 3 days (your diary don’t have to be 3 days in a row, any 3 days will be fine, as long as they represent three “typical days” for you)
Carry the completed diary when you visit your doctor
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