The effectiveness of a treatment protocol for male lower urinary tract symptoms in general practice: a practical randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Randomised controlled trials have shown the efficacy of several treatment modalities for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in selected populations. The effectiveness in daily practice has hardly been investigated, especially in primary care and is dependent on choices between all possible treatment options and best investigated in a comprehensive study, including all treatment modalities (watchful waiting, alpha-blockers, 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors, and surgery).

Aim

Assessment of the effectiveness of a comprehensive treatment protocol for LUTS in primary care.

Design of study

Randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Fourteen general practices in the Netherlands.

Method

Intervention

treatment protocol based on a formalised expert opini

SUBMITTER: Norg RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1934054 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature