Treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in men in primary care using a conservative intervention: cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether a standardised and manualised care intervention in men in primary care could achieve superior improvement of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) compared with usual care.

Design

Cluster randomised controlled trial.

Setting

30 National Health Service general practice sites in England.

Participants

Sites were randomised 1:1 to the intervention and control arms. 1077 men (≥18 years) with bothersome LUTS recruited between June 2018 and August 2019: 524 were assigned to the intervention arm (n=17 sites) and 553 were assigned to the usual care arm (n=13 sites).

Intervention

Standardised information booklet developed with patient and expert input, providing guidance on conservative and lifestyle interventions for LUTS in men. Afte

SUBMITTER: Drake MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10646682 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature