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Level of Evidence 4 What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Main causes of nocturia are 24-hour polyuria, nocturnal polyuria, decreased bladder capacity and sleep disorder. This study revealed that nocturia is closely related to four factors, namely, 24-hour urine volume, nocturnal urine volume, nocturnal bladder capacity and length of sleep duration and evaluation of all these factors through analysis of bladder diaries is clinically important to decide which is the main contributing factor in patients with nocturia and to determine suitable treatment modality on an individual basis. OBJECTIVE center dot To determine the relationship between the number of nocturia and 24-h urine volume, nocturnal urine volume, nocturnal bladder capacity and length of sleep duration as well as to assess the significance of these factors with respect to eliminating nocturnal voidings in individual patients with nocturia. PATIENTS AND METHODS center dot Among 532 participants who completed a 3-day bladder diary between April 2005 and December 2006, the diaries of 450 participants without 24-h polyuria were analyzed. center dot Clinical variables such as the number of daytime and night-time voids, 24-h urine volume, nocturnal polyuria index, daytime and night-time maximum voided volumes (MVV), night/day MVV ratio, sleep duration and proportion of night/day urine production rates were obtained from each diary. center dot Participants were classified into eight groups according to values of three factors: nocturnal MVV, proportion of night/day urine production rates and length of sleep duration. center dot Each group was divided into three subgroups: non-nocturics (number of nocturnal voidings is zero), mild nocturics (number of nocturnal voidings is one) and severe nocturics (number of nocturnal voidings is two or more). center dot The data from non-nocturics with three normal factors were regarded as the normal control and compared with the variables of the other subgroups using Dunnett's method. RESULTS center dot Variables that form the basis of classifying participants into eight groups and corresponding to abnormal factors of each group were statistically significant in all the subgroups of each group. center dot Furthermore, a significantly increased 24-h urine volume was found in severe nocturics of the group with three normal factors. center dot A significantly decreased 24-h urine volume was found in non-nocturics of groups with nocturnal polyuria, decreased bladder capacity and both long sleep duration and nocturnal polyuria. center dot A significantly increased nocturnal MVV and night/day MVV ratio were shown in non-nocturics and mild nocturics of the groups with nocturnal polyuria and both long sleep duration and nocturnal polyuria. CONCLUSIONS center dot Because nocturia is a multifactorial disorder and closely related to four factors (i.e. 24-h urine volume, nocturnal urine volume, nocturnal bladder capacity and length of sleep duration), the evaluation of all these factors appears to be clinically useful for determining the main contributing factor in patients with nocturia as well as the suitable treatment modality on an individual basis. center dot Physicians should take all these factors into consideration in the evaluation and treatment of nocturia.
- 出版日期2011-3
