BACKGROUND Obesity is an established and modifiable risk factor for urinary incontinence, but conclusive evidence for a beneficial effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence is lacking. METHODS We randomly assigned 338 overweight and obese women with at least 10 urinary-incontinence episodes per week to an intensive 6-month weight-loss program that included diet, exercise, and behavior mod...

Urinary incontinence is a common reason for care-seeking in the paediatric population that is more prevalent in girls and is found in 3--12% of children 6--8 years of age and in 1--12% of children 10--12 years of age. The diagnostic approach to daytime urinary incontinence in girls without neurological disorders is essentially based on the medical history, physical examination, voiding diary an...

Objectives: The aim was to assess the prevalence of any urinary leakage in an unselected female population in Norway, and to estimate the prevalence of significant incontinence. Methods: The EPINCONT Study is part of a large survey (HUNT 2) performed in a county in Norway during 1995–97. Everyone aged 20 years or more was invited. 27,936 (80%) of 34,755 community-dwelling women answered a quest...

INTRODUCTION Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and incontinence (nocturnal enuresis, daytime urinary incontinence and fecal incontinence) are common disorders in childhood. Both disorders are strongly associated with each other. OBJECTIVE ADHD can affect compliance to incontinence therapy in a negative way; it can also affect outcome. The aim of the present study was to assess t...

BACKGROUND Sacral nerve modulation (SNM) is an established treatment for urinary and fecal incontinence in patients for whom conservative management has failed. OBJECTIVE This study assessed the outcome and cost analysis of SNM compared to alternative medical and surgical treatments. METHODS Clinical outcome and cost-effectiveness analyses were performed in parallel with a prospective, mult...

BACKGROUND Previous research has shown that electroacupuncture therapy has a potential therapeutic effect for simple female stress urinary incontinence. In this study, pelvic floor muscle training, the first-line treatment for stress urinary incontinence in women based on meta-analysis of numerous randomized control trials and recommended by international clinical practice, is used as a control...