Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Naoko Izumi, Tomohiro Matsuo, Yoshihisa Matsukawa
Summary: This study investigated the association between physician-patient communication and patient satisfaction with overactive bladder (OAB) medical care, as well as clinical effectiveness. The findings suggest that adequate physician-patient communication significantly contributes to improving clinical effectiveness and satisfaction with medical care in OAB patients, thereby increasing treatment continuation.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Christopher Chapple, Con Kelleher, Emad Siddiqui, David A. Andrae, Nathan Johnson, Christopher Payne, Yukio Homma, Zalmai Hakimi, Christopher Evans, Nicole Lyn, Zoe Kopp
Summary: A new comprehensive overactive bladder (OAB) patient-reported outcome measure, OAB-BAT, was developed and psychometrically evaluated in a study of 170 OAB patients, showing validity and reliability in assessing OAB symptoms, bother, and impacts.
EUROPEAN UROLOGY FOCUS
(2021)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Matthias Walter, Lorenz Leitner, Cornelia Betschart, Daniel S. Engeler, Patrick Freund, Thomas M. Kessler, Spyros Kollias, Martina D. Liechti, David A. Scheiner, Lars Michels, Ulrich Mehnert
Summary: This study identified sensory processing and modulation deficiencies in women with overactive bladder (OAB), involving changes in activity in different brain areas compared to healthy controls. These findings provide physiological evidence for the necessity to consider non-bladder etiologies of bladder symptoms.
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Kuang-Ming Liao, Ka-Lok Lio, Yu-Ju Chou, Chen-Chun Kuo, Chung-Yu Chen
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the relationship between OAB medication adherence and different types of medication with UTI risk. The study found that during the follow-up period, neither adherence nor different types of medication had an impact on UTI risk, regardless of UTI history or sex.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Kathleen A. O'Connell, Taylor B. Nicholas, Mary H. Palmer
Summary: This study investigated the relationships between toileting behaviors and urinary urge cues with OAB and UI in women aged 65 and above. The results showed that toileting behaviors contribute to sensitivity to urinary cues, which are related to both OAB and UI. Furthermore, toileting behaviors have indirect effects on OAB and both indirect and direct effects on UI.
INTERNATIONAL UROGYNECOLOGY JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Meghana Reddy, Samuel Kusin, Alana Christie, Philippe Zimmern
Summary: This study examined the validity of three validated questionnaires when administered remotely, aiming to confirm their effectiveness outside of an office setting. The questionnaires were administered by phone and in person to women with and without incontinence, and the scores were found to be generally comparable. This suggests that remote administration of these questionnaires can be useful for assessing women with incontinence who may be difficult to reach through traditional office visits.
JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Stavros Kontogiannis, Anastasios Athanasopoulos, Michail Tsagkarakis, Nikolaos Kontodimopoulos
Summary: The Greek version of the OAB-q questionnaire shows strong psychometric properties of reliability and validity in patients with overactive bladder, with urgency incontinence and especially nocturia having the greatest impact on HRQoL.
INTERNATIONAL UROGYNECOLOGY JOURNAL
(2022)
Review
Physiology
Kylie J. Mansfield, Zhuoran Chen, Kate H. Moore, Luke Grundy
Summary: Overactive bladder (OAB) is a clinical syndrome defined by urinary urgency, increased daytime urinary frequency and/or nocturia, with or without urinary incontinence. Despite being clinically characterized in the absence of other organic diseases, including urinary tract infection, research shows that a significant proportion of OAB patients have active bladder infection, with increased pathogenic bacteria and bladder inflammation.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Roberto Lo Gullo, Varadan Sevilimedu, Pascal Baltzer, Denis Le Bihan, Julia Camps-Herrero, Paola Clauser, Fiona J. Gilbert, Mami Iima, Ritse M. Mann, Savannah C. Partridge, Andrew Patterson, Eric E. Sigmund, Sunitha Thakur, Fabienne E. Thibault, Laura Martincich, Katja Pinker
Summary: This study surveyed European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) radiologist members to gather data on the clinical use of breast DWI. The results showed that most radiologists use DWI as part of their routine protocol, mainly for lesion characterization and prediction of chemotherapy response. The majority of radiologists use two separate b values and prefer an appraisal value of 800 s/mm(2). Synthetic b values are not commonly used and report integration of qualitative and quantitative DWI data is inconsistent.
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Immunology
Zainab Khan, Gareth D. Healey, Roberta Paravati, Nidhika Berry, Eugene Rees, Lavinia Margarit, Deyarina Gonzalez, Simon Emery, Robert Steven Conlan
Summary: Women with symptoms of overactive bladder often have significant bacterial growth in enhanced urine cultures, not detectable through routine culture, suggesting the presence of subclinical infection. Enhanced culture techniques should be routinely used for the effective diagnosis and management of overactive bladder.
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Swati Sharma, Bikramjit Basu
Summary: This review provides an update on the different biomaterial-based strategies for restoring the dynamic function of dysfunctional bladder tissue. The perspectives of bladder tissue engineering and total bladder replacement are discussed, with a focus on scaffold-mediated regenerative medicine and the development of a biostable bladder prosthesis, respectively. The challenges and advancements in the field are highlighted, including the need for vascularization, innervation, 3D prototype fabrication, and prevention of urinary encrustation. The potential of bioelectronic medicine in urology is also explored.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ching-Chung Liang, Wu-Chiao Hsieh, Tsia-Shu Lo, Ting-Xuan Huang, Yi-Chun Chou, Jing-Yi Huang, Yung-Hsin Huang
Summary: This study investigates the urinary beta 3-adrenoceptor concentration as a biomarker for overactive bladder (OAB) and predictor of treatment outcomes in women receiving the beta 3-adrenoceptor agonist mirabegron. The results suggest that urinary beta 3-adrenoceptor concentration may be a sensitive biomarker for OAB, and mirabegron treatment improves OAB symptoms and health-related quality of life.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Elia Manfrini, Marion Smits, Steffi Thust, Sergej Geiger, Zeynep Bendella, Jan Petr, Laszlo Solymosi, Vera C. Keil
Summary: The clinical implementation of qMRI methods across Europe shows significant variability, with different countries demonstrating varying levels of usage. While most neuroradiologists endorse the use of qMRI for improved diagnostic accuracy, there is a need for better technology, more communication, and assistance with result interpretation/generation. Awareness and dissemination of guidelines such as QIBA and EIBALL could help promote broader implementation of qMRI techniques.
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Larry T. Sirls, Amanda Schonhoff, Angela Waldvogel, Kenneth M. Peters
Summary: The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a long-term implantable device and the method of utilizing a retrograde approach to place the device at the tibial nerve. A novel retrograde implant technique was developed to percutaneously implant a chronic, wireless, minimally invasive device at the tibial nerve. The results suggest that retrograde percutaneous implantation of the device is a safe and effective treatment for overactive bladder symptoms.
NEUROUROLOGY AND URODYNAMICS
(2023)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Teppei Okamoto, Shingo Hatakeyama, Atsushi Imai, Hayato Yamamoto, Tohru Yoneyama, Kazuyuki Mori, Takahiro Yoneyama, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Shigeyuki Nakaji, Chikara Ohyama
Summary: The study found that individuals reporting daily urinary urgency had lower bacterial diversity in their gut microbiome, lower abundance of Bifidobacterium, and higher abundance of Faecalibacterium compared to non-OAB individuals.
WORLD JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
(2021)