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. 2012 Dec 12;2012(12):CD003193. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003193.pub4

Burgio 2011.

Methods Two site randomised controlled trial 
Participants 143 community dwelling male veterans with over active bladder manifested by urgency and frequent urination, with or without urge incontinence 
Interventions Nurse practitioners implemented behavioural and drug therapies over period of 8 weeks. Behavioural consisted of pelvic floor muscle training, delayed voiding, monitoring with bladder diaries and urge suppression techniques
Drug group individually titrated extended release oxybutynin 5 to 30 mg/d 
Outcomes Assessed at baseline and 2 weeks after the fourth and final treatment visit (8 weeks)
Primary outcome ‐ post‐treatment 24 hour voiding frequency measured according to 7 day bladder diary. Also measured nocturia, urgency, incontinence
Secondary outcomes ‐ Global Perception of Improvement
Notes Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Stratified according to voiding frequency and presence or absence of incontinence
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Sealed envelopes
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Research assistant blind to treatment group scored bladder diaries