PURPOSE This study evaluated the effectiveness and quality of sleep (QoS) in adult patients with nocturnal lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) including nocturia and nocturnal polyuria. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 102 patients with nocturia and daytime LUTS were enrolled in this study. All patients completed a questionnaire that included the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), q...

OBJECTIVES To examine changes in nocturia from a multicomponent behavioral training program or drug therapy in older women with urge or mixed (urge-predominant) urinary incontinence. DESIGN A secondary analysis of data from a prospective, randomized clinical trial. SETTING Parent trial was an outpatient research protocol in Alabama. PARTICIPANTS One hundred ninety-seven women (aged 55-92)...

AIMS To identify the prognostic variables concerning the improvement of overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) related symptoms following a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) in patients with benign prostatic obstruction (BPO). METHODS A retrospective review was conducted in 298 patients with BPO who had undergone TURP. All patients had completed the preoperative evaluations including ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to determine whether administration of zolpidem, a nonbenzodiazepine sedative-hypnotic agent, at night would improve the nocturia unresponsive to alpha-blocker monotherapy in men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). METHODS This was a prospective observational study comprised of 39 men aged 50 years and older. The study inclusion criteria were ...

PURPOSE The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of nocturia and nocturnal polyuria (NP) and to define new cutoff values according to age and sex for both conditions. METHODS Data from a population-based prevalence survey conducted among a random sample of 2,128 adults were analyzed in this study. Participants were requested to fill out a questionnaire including the International ...

In a case-control study with prevalence sampling, the authors explored the correlates for nocturia and their population-level impact. In 2003–2004, questionnaires were mailed to 6,000 subjects (aged 18–79 years) randomly identified from the Finnish Population Register (62.4% participated; 53.7% were female). Questionnaires contained items on medical conditions, medications, lifestyle, sociodemo...

Urinary tract infection is a common complication after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and can be related to urethral catheterization. This study attempted to determine whether nocturia could be used as an indicator of risk for postoperative urinary retention to limit the need for prophylactic catheterization in men undergoing TKA. A retrospective study was performed in a consecutive series of me...

We investigated the influence of nocturia and sleep disturbance on health-related quality of life(HRQOL) using the Medical Outcomes Study 8-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-8) in patients with nocturia. We also assessed the effect of therapeutic intervention by means of an anticholinergic agent on the results of the SF-8. One hundred and eighty-four patients who voided at least once per night ...