Sequential Prediction of Urination Timing Utilizing Bladder Urine Accumulation-Urinary Urge Transfer Model Considering the Dynamics of Body Water Content

Abstract

Urinary incontinence in nursing homes is an important issue for patient comfort and hygiene. One of the most important issues is the accurate prediction of urinary bladder voiding time. In this study, we propose a method to estimate the expected time of voiding at an arbitrary time by obtaining the parameters of an bladder urine accumulation-urinary urge transfer model that takes into account the influence of the dynamics of body water content from the amount of urine stored in the bladder measured by an ultrasonic sensor.