Behavioral Training With and Without Biofeedback in the Treatment of Urge Incontinence in Older Women

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Abstract
Urge urinary incontinence is a common condition that affects millions of US individuals, especially older women.1,2 It is usually treated with drugs that inhibit detrusor contractions,3 but adverse effects are common and behavioral treatments have also proven effective by changing voiding habits or teaching new continence skills.4-11 Biofeedback-assisted behavioral training uses biofeedback to teach patients how to control the physiologic responses of the bladder and pelvic floor muscles that mediate incontinence.5-9,11 It is effective for treating urge incontinence, producing improvements ranging from 76% to 86%, is at least as effective as drug therapy, and in 1 trial, it was more effective than immediate-release oxybutynin chloride.6-9,11