Effects of unsupervised behavioral and pelvic floor muscle training programs on nocturia, urinary urgency, and urinary frequency in postmenopausal women: secondary analysis of a randomized, two-arm, parallel design, superiority trial (TULIP study)

Nocturia, urinary urgency, and urinary frequency are prevalent and bothersome storage-type lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) among women. In 2018, the number of women aged 20 years and over with any storage-type LUTS was estimated to be 1.7 billion globally [1]. Specifically, the estimated number of nocturia (frequency ≥1), urinary urgency and frequency among women were 1.3 billion, 297 million, and 186 million, respectively [1]. Nocturia and urinary urgency are among the most bothersome LUTS both at individual and population levels [2]; women aged 25 to 84 years reported that an average inter-void interval shor ter than or equal to every 2 hours was more bothersome than an interval of 3 to 4 hours [3].

Source: Maturitas - February 4, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Chen Wu, Diane Newman, Todd A. Schwartz, Baiming Zou, Janis Miller, Mary H. Palmer Source Type: research