Contribution of behavioral and cognitive therapy to managing overactive bladder syndrome in women in the absence of contributive urodynamic diagnosis

作者：Marti Brigitte G; Valentini Francoise A^*; Robain Gilberte

来源：International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, 2015, 26(2): 169-173.

DOI：10.1007/s00192-014-2526-3

• Overactive bladder
• Behavioral and cognitive therapy
• Pelvic floor training
• Bladder training
• Women

Overactive bladder (OAB) is a syndrome characterized by symptoms of urgency with or without incontinence, frequency, and nocturia. Pathophysiology of OAB is incompletely characterized. Therefore, there is great variability surrounding OAB evaluation. In some cases, urodynamics is normal and the challenge is to propose the least invasive treatment. Behavioral therapies have been used for decades as they are conservative, inexpensive, and do not induce side effect. Our purpose was to describe which usual techniques of pelvic floor rehabilitation in association with behavioral and cognitive therapy could be proposed to manage OAB syndrome in the absence of urodynamic diagnosis and when no targeting drug treatment could be proposed.

• 出版日期2015-2