Authors | N | Exclusion Criteria | Comments |
Araki (2002) | 550 | Repetitive UTI Psychological disorders Medications | Evaluation by IPSS questionnaire No exclusion of patients with DM 245 women |
Yang (2003) | 125 | DM Neurological diseases Pelvic surgery Use of anticholinergic medications Estrogen therapy Symptoms of bladder emptying Pelvic mass on USG Urodynamics with SUI or UDC | No exclusion of patients under antidepressant medication therapies Exclusion of patients with SUI and UDC in any degree |
Pfisterer (2006) | 85 | Dementia or Alzheimer’s disease DM Neurological diseases Multiple Sclerosis or Parkinson’s disease SCI or spinal malformations Bladder-sphincter dyssynergia Active UTI B12 vitamin deficiency Alcoholics Previous radical hysterectomy Previous abdominoperineal resection Medications with CNS action | Assessment by: bladder diary, urofluxometry and videourodynamics Only 14 women older than 70 years |
Zimmern (2014) | 945 | PRV > 100 ml ? Grade I prolapse Prolapse > Grade II Conditions known to affect bladder function: Medication, pelvic surgery, or cancer treatment Previous surgery for urinary incontinence correction | Only women with SUI were analyzed No exclusion of DM patients Secondary analysis of two previous studies |
Shin (2015) | 625 | Stroke, dementia or Alzheimer’s disease Multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s disease SCI or spinal malformations Bladder-sphincter dyssynergia Active UTI | Only women with SUI were analyzed No exclusion of DM patients |