title: Ten-year follow-up after conservative treatment of stress urinary incontinence.
abstract: A follow-up study was done in 33 women 10 years after they had participated in a study on conservative treatment of stress urinary incontinence. The evaluation included a 24-h pad test, a short stress test, and two validated quality of life questionnaires. Currently, five women (15%) were still doing pelvic floor muscle training at least twice per week. During the interim, 15 (47%) women had undergone stress incontinence surgery, and 12 (80%) of these were continent. Among the 18 non-operated women, only one (6%) was continent. The difference is statistically highly significant (p < 0.0001). In conclusion, 10 years after conservative treatment of stress incontinence, 85% of the women had stopped conservative treatment, and 94% of those not operated were still incontinent. Significantly more of those who had undergone interval incontinence surgery were now continent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Hospital of Vestfold, Tønsberg, Norway. hjalmar.schiotz@siv.no
authors.forename: Hjalmar A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Schiøtz
authors.forename: Jørn-Hugo
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Karlsen
authors.forename: Tom G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Tanbo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D017211:Treatment Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*