title: [Psychosomatic primary care for urinary incontinence].
abstract: Urinary incontinence is a significant impairment of the quality of life. Many patients are treated insufficiently or even suffer from complications of incontinence surgery. Psychosomatic primary care serves to improve the diagnostic work-up and helps to select the appropriate therapeutic option. It also optimizes the treatment outcome by supplementing the somatically oriented urological therapy with the psychosomatically aligned extended medical dialogue and body-oriented methods. Psychosomatic primary care is based on the biopsychosocial model and uses theoretical knowledge and practical techniques that can be learnt under professional guidance.
authors.affiliation: Praxis für Urologie, Ambulantes Urologisches Rehabilitationszentrum für Urologie und Gynäkologie Heidelberg, Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Deutschland, ulrike@hohenfellner.de.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hohenfellner
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011386:Projective Techniques; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*