Active encouragement of older women with urinary incontinence in primary care to undergo diagnosis and treatment: A matched-pair cluster randomized controlled trial. Issue 2 (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Visser, Els; de Bock, Geertruida H.; Messelink, Embert J.; Schram, Aaltje J.; Kollen, Boudewijn J.; Gemert, Sacha la Bastide-van; van den Heuvel, Edwin R.; Berger, Marjolein Y.; Dekker, Janny H.
• Is Part Of: Maturitas. Volume 80:Issue 2(2015:Feb.)
• Page Start: 212
• Page End: 219
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: Climacteric -- Periodicals; Menopause -- Periodicals; Climacteric -- Periodicals; Geriatrics -- Periodicals; Menopause -- Periodicals; Middle Aged -- Periodicals; Climatère -- Périodiques; Ménopause -- Périodiques; Climacterium; Climacteric; Menopause; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 612.66
• DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2014.11.015
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0378-5122

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0055"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0245">Urinary incontinence is underdiagnosed and undertreated as the majority of affected patients have not sought help.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0250">Actively encouraging older women with urinary incontinence to undergo diagnosis and treatment results in less severe symptoms.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0255">That intervention also results in fewer episodes of incontinence, but not in a difference of quality of life scores.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>