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. 2008 Oct 1;8(3):1–52.

Table 3: Characteristics of Behavioural Interventions for the Treatment and Management of Urinary Incontinence.

Intervention Target Population Interventions
1. Caregiver-dependent techniques
(toileting assistance)
Medically complex, frail individuals at home with/without cognitive deficits and/or motor deficits Delivered by family caregivers who are trained by nurse or a nurse specializing in UI (NCA/CNS)
Includes
  • prompted voiding

  • habit retraining

  • timed voiding

2. Patient-directed techniques Mobile, motivated seniors A) Multicomponent Interventions
Delivered by a nurse or a nurse specializing in UI (NCA/CNS)
Includes a combination of
  • bladder training techniques

  • PFMT (with or without biofeedback)

  • education on bladder control strategies

  • self-monitoring


B) Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) alone Delivered by a nurse, a nurse specializing in UI (NCA/CNS) or a physiotherapist
  • a program of repeated PFM contraction taught and supervised by a health care professional (with or without biofeedback)

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CNS refers to clinical nurse specialist; NCA, nurse continence advisor; PFMT, pelvic floor muscle training.