Self-Management for Men With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Lower urinary tract symptoms are very common in older men. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effects of self-management interventions on these symptoms.

Methods

We included randomized controlled trials comparing the effect of self-management interventions (alone or combined with drug therapy) with usual care or drug therapy alone in men with lower urinary tract symptoms. Two independent reviewers screened retrieved articles, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. The primary outcome was lower urinary tract symptom severity. Where data were available, we calculated mean differences (MDs) between the interventions.

Results

Analyses were based on 8 studies among 1,006 adult men. Seven of these studies w

SUBMITTER: Albarqouni L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7939720 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature