Incontinence

Reports from University of Patras Advance Knowledge in Incontinence

Published in Gastroenterology Week, April 25th, 2011

2011 APR 25 -- "Overactive bladder (OAB) is a prevalent condition that has a significant negative impact on almost all aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Urgency is the core symptom experienced by all patients who have OAB, either with or without urgency urinary incontinence (UUI)," scientists writing in the journal European Urology Supplements report.

"To describe the assessment and impact of UUI on patients' HRQoL. A nonsystematic review of the literature including PubMed and congress abstracts was performed in 2010. Urodynamic measures are not necessarily predictive of the impact of OAB symptoms on the individual patient. Thus the...

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Source: Gastroenterology Week (2011-04-25)

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