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Chua 2015 | To assess the overall effects of treatment with beta‐3‐adrenoceptor agonists in adults with OAB | Men and women from any ethnic origin, diagnosed with OAB of either neurogenic or non‐neurogenic aetiology | Any beta‐3‐adrenoceptor agonist |
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Cotterill 2018 | To assess the effects of conservative interventions for urinary or faecal incontinence (or both) in adults with multiple sclerosis, compared to no treatment, sham and usual care, any other active treatment, or another conservative treatment. | Men and women aged > 18 years with existing urinary, faecal or anal incontinence (or a combination of these), with a clinical diagnosis of relapsing/remitting, primary or secondary progressive multiple sclerosis | Conservative treatments
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French 2010 | To determine whether combinations of conservative interventions for UUI, SUI, or MUI reduce the number of people with UI compared with no treatment/usual care, or another intervention | Adults (as defined by study authors) diagnosed either by symptom, sign, or urodynamic study as having any type of UI, excluding people with short‐term incontinence for physiological reasons, e.g. within 1 year of urological surgery or childbirth | Conservative interventions |
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Funada 2020 | To assess the effects of bladder training for treating adults with OAB and summarise the principal findings of relevant economic evaluations of this intervention. | Men and women with non‐neurogenic OAB | Bladder training for treating OAB |
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Hargreaves 2020 | "To assess the effects of acupuncture for treating OAB in adults; and summarise the principal findings of relevant economic evaluations." | "We will include studies of adults aged over 18 years with a diagnosis of OAB that fits the criteria defined by the International Continence Society…" | "acupuncture interventions intended to treat the symptoms of OAB that involve needle insertion at defined acupuncture points. This includes body acupuncture, scalp acupuncture, auricular acupuncture, and electro‐acupuncture." |
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Hajebrahimi 2015 | To determine the effects of non‐drug treatment for LUTS in women with voiding dysfunction. | Women aged > 18 years experiencing LUTS of voiding dysfunction (difficulty voiding), who find them bothersome and seek treatment from voiding dysfunction |
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Khazali 2016 (WITHDRAWN) |
To determine the effectiveness of electromagnetic treatment in the management of urinary incontinence in adults. | Men and women with urinary incontinence regardless of type of incontinence or criteria for diagnosis | Electromagnetic treatment. The terms functional extracorporeal magnetic stimulation, functional magnetic stimulation, extracorporeal magnetic innervation, electromagnetic pelvic floor stimulation, extracorporeal magnetic stimulation or any other term used to describe the use of electromagnetic waves to treat incontinence will be assumed to be synonymous with electromagnetic treatment. |
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Lane 2020 | To assess the effects of vaginal lasers for treating SUI in women and summarise the principal findings of relevant economic evaluations. | Women with SUI | Vaginal lasers |
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Lins 2014 | To determine the effects of PFMT against other single treatment modalities in the management of female SUI, MUI and UUI | Women diagnosed with SUI, UUI or MUI on the basis of symptoms, signs or urodynamic evaluation | PFMT – a programme of repeated voluntary pelvic floor muscle contractions taught or supervised (or both) by a healthcare professional. All types of PFMT programmes are to be considered. PFMT may be combined with biofeedback, if they use biofeedback for the purpose of teaching a pelvic floor muscle contraction or for reinforcement. |
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Ostaszkiewicz 2013 | To determine the effectiveness of toileting assistance programmes for managing UI in adults. | Men and women, with or without cognitive impairment, diagnosed as having UI as defined by study authors, either by symptom classification or urodynamic study. | Toileting assistance programme – the intervention must include the presence of a fixed or individualised voiding interval and the use of carers or staff to verbally prompt or physically assist the person to use the toilet |
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Reynard 2016 (WITHDRAWN) |
To determine the effects of conservative (non‐surgical, non‐pharmacological) management of nocturia in adults. | Men and women with nocturia confirmed by questionnaire or frequency/volume chart, or both | Any non‐surgical, non‐pharmacological treatment option that could be used for the treatment of nocturia |
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Yi 2014 | To determine the effectiveness and safety of drugs to treat LUTS in women with voiding dysfunction. | Participants with a definite diagnosis of voiding dysfunction according to the International Urogynecological Association or the International Continence Society terminology report (Haylen 2010), or reasonable clinical criteria for the diagnosis of voiding dysfunction. | Any pharmacological treatment |
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LUTS: lower urinary tract symptoms; MUI: mixed urinary incontinence; OAB: overactive bladder; PFMT: pelvic floor muscle training; SUI: stress urinary incontinence; UUI: urgency urinary incontinence. |