PURPOSE To assess the occurrence and the associated risk factors for nocturia among middle-aged and elderly people from public health centers in southern Taiwan. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were part of our previous cross-sectional study which used a self-administered questionnaire for the assessment of lower urinary tract symptoms. A total of 1011 responders who were at least 40 years of age ...

To determine and quantify the cause of nocturia in men, we describe and evaluate the relative contribution of two complementary indices of nocturia: the nocturia index (Ni), a measure of nocturnal urine overproduction, and the nocturnal bladder capacity index (NBCi), reflective of nocturnal bladder capacity. The records of 100 consecutive men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), having und...

AIM To evaluate the prevalence of nocturia among different degrees of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and its association with various clinical conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS In 730 OSA patients, the prevalence and frequency of nocturia was determined, and the association of nocturia with clinical and laboratory variables such as the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), apnea duration, and minimum ox...

The authors' aim in this study was to analyze the association of nocturia with overweight and obesity. In 2003-2004, a questionnaire was mailed to 6,000 randomly selected Finns aged 18-79 years who were identified from the Finnish Population Register Centre. Information on nocturia was collected through questionnaires using the Danish Prostatic Symptom Score and the American Urological Associat...

PURPOSE Nocturia, a common problem in men and women, has been associated with chronic illnesses such as heart disease and hypertension. Using data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey we investigated the association of nocturia with subsequent mortality risk. MATERIALS AND METHODS NHANES III is a national probability survey of the United States between 1988 and 1994...

BACKGROUND Nocturia is a chronic, fluctuating disease that disrupts sleep and has a wide-ranging impact on quality of life. Valid tools to measure the patient-reported impact of nocturia are essential for evaluating the value of treatment, but the available tools are suboptimal. OBJECTIVES This study reports the development and validation of the Nocturia Impact Diary-an augmented form of the ...

OBJECTIVE Nocturia may be characterized by indices derived from the frequency-volume chart (FVC). The objective of this study was to determine how these parameters relate to the severity of nocturia in men with and without lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis of FVCs was performed in two cohorts of men: those presenting with LUTS in a New York am...

BACKGROUND Nocturia is a common cause of sleep disturbance affecting up to 40% of the adult population. OBJECTIVE This article provides a framework for the management of nocturia. Based on the frequency volume chart, nocturia can be divided into three categories: global polyuria, nocturnal polyuria and bladder storage disorders. Differentiating between these categories enables effective targe...

PURPOSE This study sought to understand the experience of living and coping with nocturia, from the perspective of community-living older men and women. METHOD Individual semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 32 older people with self-reported nocturia of twice nightly or more. RESULTS Four key characteristics of nocturia were identified. Nocturia was described as simultaneously d...

Nocturia has been recognised as one of the most bothersome storage symptoms in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms suggestive of benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH). It has a negative impact on quality of sleep (QoS), which might result in daytime fatigue, decreased energy/vitality, insomnia, and increased incidence of infection, and may ultimately negatively affect the patient’s qua...