Dr. Satoshi Funada Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior (Current affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine), Professor Takashi Kobayashi from Department of Urology Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, and Professor Toshiaki Furukawa from Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior published the thesis about RCT evaluating the efficacy of a multicomponent intervention for the women with overactive bladder, in JAMA Network Open (IF=13.8)
In this study, they evaluated the efficacy of a multicomponent intervention with cognitive components for women with moderate to severe overactive bladder. A total of 79 patients were randomized to the multicomponent intervention group (n = 39) or the waiting list group (n = 40). They examined HRQOL score, which was assessed by the Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) and specific for overreactive bladder. The change in HRQOL total score from baseline to week 13 was 23.9 points in the intervention group and 11.3 points in the waiting list group (the difference between the two groups were 12.6 points (95% CI, 6.6-18.6 points)). This result showed that HRQOL score in the intervention group improved compared to that of the waiting list group.
This study was published online in the international journal, JAMA Network Open on March 14th, 2024 (in Japan time).
Multicomponent Intervention for Overactive Bladder in Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Funada S, Luo Y, Uozumi R, Watanabe N, Goto T, Negoro H, Ueno K, Ichioka K, Segawa T, Akechi T, Ogawa O, Akamatsu S, Kobayashi T, Furukawa TA.
JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Mar 4;7(3):e241784. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.1784.