Improving urinary incontinence in overweight and obese women through modest weight loss.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the relationship between magnitude of weight loss and changes in urinary incontinence frequency.

Methods

Overweight and obese women (N=338) with 10 or more urinary incontinence episodes per week were assigned randomly to an intensive 6-month behavioral weight loss program followed immediately by a 12-month weight maintenance program (intervention; n=226) or to a structured education program (control; n=112). The intervention and control groups were combined to examine the effects of the magnitude of weight loss on changes in urinary incontinence assessed by 7-day voiding diary, pad test, and self-reported satisfaction with change in urinary incontinence.

Results

Compared with participants who gained weight (reference), those who lost 5% to less th

SUBMITTER: Wing RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3038422 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature