Authors: A C Diokno J R C Catipay B W Steinert
Publish Date: 2014/02/01
Volume: 13, Issue: 5, Pages: 334-338
Abstract
Thirty adult women with urge urinary incontinence were included in this study After completing the basic evaluation including a selfadministered incontinence questionnaire patients were treated with a bladder relaxant preparation for 6–8 weeks At followup the incontinence questionnaire and a global assessment of outcome scale were administered Data were analyzed using the Mann–Whitney and Kruskal–Wallis tests with a subsequent Tukey’s test After 6–8 weeks of therapy 63 of patients reported that they were greatly or moderately improved with a significant mean decrease in their total urge score of 51 Subjects slightly improved 12 and unimproved/worse 20 had no significant change in their mean urge score Most patients with great or moderate improvement continued with their initial drug treatment Successful pharmacotherapy for urinary urge incontinence may be assessed by a simple global scale which correlated well with response to the MESA questionnaire Moderate and greatly improved patients correlated with a 50 mean decrease in urge score and continued their initial drug therapy
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