Referral and Prescription Patterns for Female Patients With Urinary Incontinence.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although behavioral modifications, medications, and other interventions can improve urinary incontinence (UI), many women never receive them.

Objectives

To better characterize UI treatment patterns in primary care, we examined prescriptions and referrals to pelvic floor physical therapy (PFPT) and specialist physicians within a large Midwestern academic health system.

Study design

Electronic health records were queried to identify a cohort of adult female patients receiving a new UI diagnosis during outpatient primary care visits from 2016 to 2020. Urinary incontinence referrals and referral completion were examined for the overall cohort, and medication prescriptions were examined for women with urgency or mixed UI. Logistic regression was used to assess t

SUBMITTER: Luebke MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11002977 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature