PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of monitoring incontinence of a user, particularly useful for monitoring urge- and mixed-type incontinence which typically causes a relatively large urine leakage.SOLUTION: A method of monitoring incontinence comprises: determining, using a urine sensitive circuit provided at an absorbent article and arranged to present a changed electrical characteristic when exposed to urine, whether the user has urinated on the absorbent article performing, using a measurement circuit, a measurement on the urine bladder to determine a parameter which varies with a fill level of the urine bladder and in response to determining that the user has urinated on the absorbent article, recording, by a processing circuit, data representing the parameter.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5