Conservative Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women
Conservative Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women
In this scoping review, three electronic databases were searched using the key words/phrases "urinary incontinence," "stress urinary incontinence," "conservative management," "alternative therapy," "complementary therapy," and "pessary," singly or in combination. These were the databases deemed by the authors to house the most relevant online nursing literature, but it is possible that some articles published between 2004 and 2014 were not included. The scoping review method is a way to understand and report on a wide range of existing literature, regardless of study design. Using this method, authors draw conclusions from existing literature but do not evaluate/critique study designs or analyze the merit or validity of the outcomes. The intent of this scoping review was to provide a narrative account of the conservative, non-medical, non-pharmacological and non-surgical interventions currently available to treat SUI in women. The review includes information from many different study de signs, including qualitative and quantitative studies, literature review articles, and prospective studies, as well as publicly available information that is not peer reviewed. As such, this article should be interpreted as a guide for future research rather than a critique of research quality.
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In this scoping review, three electronic databases were searched using the key words/phrases "urinary incontinence," "stress urinary incontinence," "conservative management," "alternative therapy," "complementary therapy," and "pessary," singly or in combination. These were the databases deemed by the authors to house the most relevant online nursing literature, but it is possible that some articles published between 2004 and 2014 were not included. The scoping review method is a way to understand and report on a wide range of existing literature, regardless of study design. Using this method, authors draw conclusions from existing literature but do not evaluate/critique study designs or analyze the merit or validity of the outcomes. The intent of this scoping review was to provide a narrative account of the conservative, non-medical, non-pharmacological and non-surgical interventions currently available to treat SUI in women. The review includes information from many different study de signs, including qualitative and quantitative studies, literature review articles, and prospective studies, as well as publicly available information that is not peer reviewed. As such, this article should be interpreted as a guide for future research rather than a critique of research quality.
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