Authors: Holly E Richter Kathryn L Burgio Toby C Chai Stephen R Kraus Yan Xu Lee Nyberg Linda Brubaker
Publish Date: 2009/01/30
Volume: 20, Issue: 5, Pages: 489-497
Abstract
Women with urge predominant urinary incontinence received active intervention drug therapy alone or combined with behavioral therapy for 10 weeks then stopped all therapy and were followed for 6 months more In this planned secondary analysis we aimed to identify predictors of therapeutic success at 10 weeks ≥70 reduction in incontinence and of ability to discontinue treatment and sustain improvements 6 months laterAfter controlling for group only younger age was associated with shortterm success OR 08 95 CI 066 096 At 6 months controlling for group and shortterm outcome only greater anterior vaginal wall prolapse was associated with successful discontinuation POPQ point Aa OR 133 95 CI 103 17Supported by cooperative agreements from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases U01 DK58225 U01 DK58229 U01 DK58234 U01 DK58231 U01 DK60379 U01 DK60380 U01 DK60393 U01 DK60395 U01 DK60397 and 60401 support was also provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Office of Research in Women’s Health National Institutes of Health
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