Continence Across Continents To Upend Stigma and Dependency (CACTUS-D): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Urinary incontinence occurs in 40 % of women aged 65 years and over; however, only 15 % seek care and many delay healthcare seeking for years. Incontinence is associated with depression, social isolation, reduced quality of life, falls and other comorbidities. It is accompanied by an enormous cost to the individual and society. Despite the substantial implications of urinary incontinence on social, psychological and physical well-being of older women, the impact of continence promotion on urinary symptom improvement and subsequent effects on falls, quality of life, stigma, social participation and the cost of care remains unknown.

Methods

This study is a mixed methods multi-national open-label 2-arm parallel cluster randomized controlled trial aiming to recruit 10

SUBMITTER: Tannenbaum C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4676178 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature