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Elif Gezginci1, Emine Iyigun, Sercan Yilmaz
1Elif Gezginci, PhD, RN, Department of Urology, Gulhane Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey. Emine Iyigun, PhD, RN, Gulhane School of Nursing, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey. Sercan Yilmaz, MD, Department of Urology, Bor State Hospital, Nigde, Turkey.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of 3 instructional methods for behavioral therapy on lower urinary tract symptom (LUTS) severity and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in women with overactive bladder.
Design:
Single-center, parallel-group, randomized, clinical trial.
Subjects And Setting:
The sample comprised 60 women diagnosed with overactive bladder. The study setting was a university-based female urology clinic in Ankara, Turkey; data were collected from November 2012 to May 2013. Eligible participants were ambulatory women 18 years or older with predominant overactive bladder and urge urinary incontinence (UI) symptoms, with or without stress UI symptoms.
Methods:
Subjects were randomized into 4 groups based on educational intervention; group 1 received structured verbal instruction plus a leaflet, group 2 received structured verbal instruction, group 3 received a leaflet alone, and group 4 received usual care that included unstructured verbal counseling about continence care. The primary outcome measures were Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-7 (IIQ-7) and Urinary Distress Inventory-6 (UDI-6) scores. We also measured changes in UI-specific HRQOL scores via the Urinary Incontinence Quality of Life Instrument (I-QOL). All outcomes were measured before and 6 to 8 weeks after the interventions. The Wilcoxon test was used to identify differences in LUTS severity and HRQOL before and after the educational intervention. The Kruskall-Wallis test was used to compare differences among the groups.
Results:
The severity of LUTS and UI-specific quality of life assessed by the IIQ-7, UDI-6, and I-QOL scores significantly improved after training in all 4 groups (P < .05). The group that received structured verbal instruction plus an educational leaflet achieved significantly lower LUTS scores and significantly higher UI-specific HRQOL when compared to the other groups (P < .05).
Conclusions:
Findings suggest that structured verbal instruction plus educational leaflet is the most effective method of bladder training in women with overactive bladder and urge UI.
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