EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSCUTANEOUS TIBIAL NERVE STIMULATION AT TWO DIFFERENT THRESHOLDS for OVERACTIVE BLADDER SYMPTOMS IN OLDER WOMEN: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL

Overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) is defined by the International Continence Society (ICS) as a clinical syndrome characterized by urinary urgency, usually accompanied by frequency and nocturia, with or without urgency urinary incontinence, in the absence of urinary tract infection or other obvious pathology [1]. Its prevalence is higher in women than in men and increases with advancing age [2]. In Brazil, Moreira et al., in 2013, found a prevalence of OAB of 5.1% in males and 10% in females among adults, and in the elderly, a prevalence of 78% in males and 82% in females.

Source: Maturitas - February 23, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Aline Teixeira Alve, Patr ícia Azevedo Garcia, Raquel Henriques Jácomo, João Batista de Sousa, Lara Borges Gullo Ramos Pereira, Liana Barbaresco Gomide Mateus, Margô G O Karnikoskwi Source Type: research