Urinary incontinence: an augmented prompted void approach.
Continence improves from 44.7% dryness at baseline to 54.7% at the end of treatment, an improvement of 22%, or about one incontinent episode per day. Urinary incontinence is improved in cognitively impaired residents by augmenting the prompted voiding procedure with a bellpad. Bladder behavior changes with behavioral treatment strategies, because the volume voided into an appropriate receptacle increased an average of 26 mL per 2 hours. Reimbursement policies should not exclude treatment of the severely cognitively impaired nor the immobile in nursing homes.
McCormick
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KA
Burgio
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LD
Engel
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Scheve
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Leahy
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000534:rehabilitation*