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Psychological improvements associated with behavioral and drug treatment of urge incontinence in older women
Author(s)	Kathryn L Burgio, Julie L Locher, David L Roth
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 56B, no 1, January 2001
Pages	pp P46-P51
Keywords	Incontinence ; Older women ; Behaviour modification ; Drugs ; United States of America.
Annotation	197 non-demented women age 55+ with persistent urge urinary incontinence participated in a randomised clinical trial comparing biofeedback-assisted behavioural treatment, drug treatment with oxybutynin chloride, and a placebo controlled condition. Psychological distress was measured before and after treatment using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R). Multivariate and univariate analyses of variance showed that the two treatment groups and the control group had similar significant improvements on the 9 sub-scales and the global severity index. Analysis of individual SCL-90-R subscale scores revealed trends suggesting that behavioural treatment tended to produce the largest improvements. Reductions in distress were correlated consistently with reduction of incontinence. Regardless of the type of treatment, psychological distress after treatment was significantly reduced. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010307220 A
Classmark	CTM: BD: LODM: LLD: 7T
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