Patient-identified Treatment Attributes Among Older Men With Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Qualitative Look at What Matters to Patients Making Treatment Decisions.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate which treatment attributes matter to patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), why and how they matter, and the context in which patients consider treatment attributes. Nearly a quarter of older men have decisional regret following SUI treatment. Knowledge of what matters to patients when making SUI treatment decisions is necessary to improve goal-concordant care.

Methods

We conducted semi-structured interviews with 36 men ≥65 years of age with SUI. Semi-structured interviews were conducted by telephone and transcribed. Four researchers (L.H., N.S., E.A., C.B.) coded the transcripts using both deductive and inductive codes to identify and describe treatment attributes.

Results

We identified 5 patient-derived treatment attributes of inte

SUBMITTER: Hampson LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10524507 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature