Behavioural Therapy With Checklist for Overactive Bladder

Ankara Training and Research Hospital120 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study is to investigate the efficiency of this newly-established checklist for overactive bladder (OAB) and whether determinate to adherence and persistence rate of combination of behavioural therapy and anticholinergic medications in patients with OAB.

Overactive bladder (OAB) can worsen quality of life but it is not life-threatening condition. Although OAB medications effectively decrease disturbing symptoms of OAB, there are a lot of adverse side effects such as dry mouth, cognitive changes, constipation, urinary retention, blurred vision and dyspepsia. Therefore, guidelines have firstly recommended behavioural therapy which are noninvasive and not linked with adverse side effects. These behavioural recommendations include an advice on fluid balance, bladder retraining, urgency suppression or normal voiding techniques, pelvic floor muscle training, caffeine reduction, dietary changes, weight loss and other life style changes to improve lower urinary tract symptoms of OAB. Educational leaflets, verbal or audio-visual instructions and trainings for behavioural therapy have been recommended for patients with OAB, however, to date these beneficial instructions have not been documented as a written checklist. Therefore, they were collected and developed as a written checklist to instruct the patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficiency of this newly-established checklist for OAB and whether determinate to adherence and persistence rate of combination of behavioural therapy and anticholinergic medications in patients with OAB.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

120

Conditions

Overactive Bladder

Interventions

behavioural therapy with written checklist form to completeBEHAVIORAL

Behavioural therapy for overactive bladder such as advice on fluid balance, bladder retraining, urgency suppression or normal voiding techniques, pelvic floor muscle training, caffeine reduction, dietary changes, weight loss and other life style changes

Antimuscarinic drugs used in overactive bladderDRUG

Antimuscarinic drugs (Tolterodine, solifenacin, propiverine, darifenacin,fesoterodine)

behavioural therapy with written guidelineBEHAVIORAL

behavioural therapy with written guideline,which are the same as those in the checklist

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 90 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Patients with * \>8 micturitions, * \>1 nocturia, * \>6 urgency or * \>3 urgency urinary incontinence episodes per 24 h according to 3-day bladder diary. Exclusion Criteria: * active urinary tract infection, * a maximum flow rate of 15 ml. per second or less at least 2 uroflow studies, * residual volume of 100 cc or more, * any medications for OAB, benign prostatic obstruction, * polyuria (\>3 l per 24 hour), * endocrinological disease such as diabetes mellitus or diabetes insipidus which can cause polyuria, * neurological or psychological disease disease, * prostate or bladder cancer, renal disease, hypertension, genitourinary or congenital abnormality, * history of transobturator or transvaginal tape or pelvic organ prolapse surgery * pelvic radiation or surgery

Locations (1)

Ankara Training and Research Hospital

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Urinary frequency

\>8 micturitions per day

Time frame: 6 months

Urgency

\>6 urgency episodes per day

Time frame: 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Treatment Benefit Scale

Treatment Benefit Scale is consisted of four category including a score of 1 (greatly improved) or 2 (improved) is considered ''yes,'' and a score of 3 (not changed)or 4 (worsened) was considered ''no''

Time frame: 6 months

Urgency urinary incontinence

\>3 urgency urinary incontinence episodes per day

Time frame: 6 months

Nocturia

\>1 micturition at night

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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