caa a22 4500 477045758 CHVBK 20180405111329.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01901248 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01901248 A prospective, randomized controlled trial of inpatient versus outpatient continence programs in the treatment of urinary incontinence in the female [Elektronische Daten] [I. Ramsay, H. Ali, M. Hunter, D. Stark, S. McKenzie, K. Donaldson, K. Major] Seventy-four patients presenting with a mixed pattern of urinary symptoms were randomly allocated to undergo either inpatient or outpatient continence programs as initial treatment, without prior urodynamic investigation. Both programs consisted of physiotherapy, bladder retraining, fluid normalization, dietary advice and general support and advice. Nine out of 39 in the outpatient group and 8 out of the 35 of the impatient group failed to complete the study. There was a significant decrease in frequency, nocturia, number of incontinent episodes and visual analog scores for both groups. In addition the outpatients had a significant reduction in loss on pad testing, and a significantly greater improvement in their visual analog score. In each group 63% were cured or improved to the extent that they did not require further treatment. Staff costs per outpatient were half those for an inpatient. We conclude that outpatient conservative treatment as detailed above is a successful first-line treatment of urinary incontinence in women. It is as successful and possibly better than inpatient treatment, and is significantly cheaper. The International Urogynecology Journal, 1996 Bladder retraining nationallicence Incontinence nationallicence Outpatient nationallicence Physiotherapy nationallicence Ramsay I. Department of Gynaecology, Southern General Hospital, G51 4TF, Glasgow, Scotland aut Ali H. Department of Gynaecology, Southern General Hospital, G51 4TF, Glasgow, Scotland aut Hunter M. Department of Gynaecology, Southern General Hospital, G51 4TF, Glasgow, Scotland aut Stark D. Department of Gynaecology, Southern General Hospital, G51 4TF, Glasgow, Scotland aut McKenzie S. Department of Gynaecology, Southern General Hospital, G51 4TF, Glasgow, Scotland aut Donaldson K. Department of Gynaecology, Southern General Hospital, G51 4TF, Glasgow, Scotland aut Major K. Department of Health Economics, Greater Glasgow Health Board, Glasgow, Scotland aut International Urogynecology Journal Springer-Verlag 7/5(1996-09-01), 260-263 0937-3462 7:5<260 1996 7 192 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01901248 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01901248 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ramsay I. Department of Gynaecology, Southern General Hospital, G51 4TF, Glasgow, Scotland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ali H. Department of Gynaecology, Southern General Hospital, G51 4TF, Glasgow, Scotland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hunter M. Department of Gynaecology, Southern General Hospital, G51 4TF, Glasgow, Scotland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stark D. Department of Gynaecology, Southern General Hospital, G51 4TF, Glasgow, Scotland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McKenzie S. Department of Gynaecology, Southern General Hospital, G51 4TF, Glasgow, Scotland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Donaldson K. Department of Gynaecology, Southern General Hospital, G51 4TF, Glasgow, Scotland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Major K. Department of Health Economics, Greater Glasgow Health Board, Glasgow, Scotland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Urogynecology Journal Springer-Verlag 7/5(1996-09-01), 260-263 0937-3462 7:5<260 1996 7 192 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer