TY - JOUR
T1 - Randomized trial of a comparison of rehabilitation or drug therapy for urgency urinary incontinence
T2 - 1-year follow-up
AU - Kafri, Rachel
AU - Deutscher, Daniel
AU - Shames, Jeffrey
AU - Golombp, Jacob
AU - Melzer, Itshak
N1 - Funding Information: Acknowledgment We thank the physical therapists of Maccabi Healthcare Services specialized in pelvic floor rehabilitation and their clinic managers for participating in the study and managing the data collection process. We thank the managers of the Maccabi ‘Ramot’ clinic and their team and the management of Shefela-Jerusalem District for their support of this project. We also thank the gynecological and urogynecological physicians who referred patients to our study and managed the drug therapy group. A special acknowledgment is dedicated to Dr. Yossi Azuri, M.D., MHA, head of clinical studies unit in Maccabi Healthcare Services and his staff. This study was funded by Maccabbi Healthcare Services in Israel.
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - Introduction and hypothesis Our goal was to compare the long-term efficacy of bladder training (BT), pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT), combined pelvic floor rehabilitation (CPFR), and drug therapy (DT) in patients with urgency urinary incontinence (UUI). Methods This multicenter single-blind randomized controlled trial compared the efficacy of BT, PFMT, DT, and CPFR at baseline and 3- and 12-month follow-ups. Outcome measures included number of voids/24 h, number of UUI episodes, Quality of Life related to UUI (QOL-rUI), urogynecologic visual analog scale, and self-reported function and disability. Results A significant improvement was found for all treatment groups at 3 and 12 months in urinary frequency, UUI episodes, QOL-rUI, and number of daily pads. Only CPFR showed a significant decrease of 4 voids/24 h and a significant increase in self-reported function. Conclusions The study demonstrated long-term benefits of DT, BT, PFMT, and CPFR in the treatment of UUI with a slight advantage for CPFR.
AB - Introduction and hypothesis Our goal was to compare the long-term efficacy of bladder training (BT), pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT), combined pelvic floor rehabilitation (CPFR), and drug therapy (DT) in patients with urgency urinary incontinence (UUI). Methods This multicenter single-blind randomized controlled trial compared the efficacy of BT, PFMT, DT, and CPFR at baseline and 3- and 12-month follow-ups. Outcome measures included number of voids/24 h, number of UUI episodes, Quality of Life related to UUI (QOL-rUI), urogynecologic visual analog scale, and self-reported function and disability. Results A significant improvement was found for all treatment groups at 3 and 12 months in urinary frequency, UUI episodes, QOL-rUI, and number of daily pads. Only CPFR showed a significant decrease of 4 voids/24 h and a significant increase in self-reported function. Conclusions The study demonstrated long-term benefits of DT, BT, PFMT, and CPFR in the treatment of UUI with a slight advantage for CPFR.
KW - Bladder training
KW - Drug therapy
KW - Long-term efficacy
KW - Pelvic floor muscle training
KW - Pelvic floor rehabilitation
KW - Urgency urinary incontinence
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U2 - 10.1007/s00192-012-1992-8
DO - 10.1007/s00192-012-1992-8
M3 - Article
SN - 0937-3462
VL - 24
SP - 1181
EP - 1189
JO - International Urogynecology Journal
JF - International Urogynecology Journal
IS - 7
ER -