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Catherine S. Bradley

Stress/therapy

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Non-Surgical Management Of Stress Urinary Incontinence: Ambulatory Treatments For Leakage Associated With Stress (Atlas) Trial, H. Richter, K. Burgio, P. Goode, D. Borello-France, Catherine Bradley, L. Brubaker, V. Handa, P. Fine, A. Visco, H. Zyczynski, J. Wei, A. Weber Apr 2013

Non-Surgical Management Of Stress Urinary Incontinence: Ambulatory Treatments For Leakage Associated With Stress (Atlas) Trial, H. Richter, K. Burgio, P. Goode, D. Borello-France, Catherine Bradley, L. Brubaker, V. Handa, P. Fine, A. Visco, H. Zyczynski, J. Wei, A. Weber

Catherine S. Bradley

BACKGROUND: Non-surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is recommended as first-line therapy, yet few prospective studies and no randomized trials compare the most common non-surgical treatments for SUI. PURPOSE: To present the design and methodology of the ambulatory treatments for leakage associated with stress (ATLAS) trial, a randomized clinical trial comparing three interventions for predominant SUI in women: intravaginal continence pessary; behavioral therapy (including pelvic floor muscle training and exercise and bladder control strategies); and a combination of the two treatments. METHODS: Treatment outcome measures, collected at 12 weeks and six and 12 months post randomization, include the Patient …


Predictors Of Success And Satisfaction Of Nonsurgical Therapy For Stress Urinary Incontinence, J. Schaffer, C. Nager, F. Xiang, D. Borello-France, Catherine Bradley, J. Wu, E. Mueller, P. Norton, M. Paraiso, H. Zyczynski, H. Richter Apr 2013

Predictors Of Success And Satisfaction Of Nonsurgical Therapy For Stress Urinary Incontinence, J. Schaffer, C. Nager, F. Xiang, D. Borello-France, Catherine Bradley, J. Wu, E. Mueller, P. Norton, M. Paraiso, H. Zyczynski, H. Richter

Catherine S. Bradley

OBJECTIVE: To identify factors that may predict success and satisfaction in women undergoing nonsurgical therapy for stress urinary incontinence. METHODS: Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of women participating in a multicenter randomized trial of pessary, behavioral, or combined therapy for stress urinary incontinence were evaluated for potential predictors of success and satisfaction. Success and satisfaction outcomes were assessed at 3 months and included the Patient Global Impression of Improvement, stress incontinence subscale of the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory, and Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire. Logistic regression was performed to identify predictors, adjusting for treatment and other important clinical covariates. Adjusted odds ratios …


Continence Pessary Compared With Behavioral Therapy Or Combined Therapy For Stress Incontinence: A Randomized Controlled Trial, H. Richter, K. Burgio, L. Brubaker, I. Nygaard, W. Ye, A. Weidner, Catherine Bradley, V. Handa, D. Borello-France, P. Goode, H. Zyczynski, E. Lukacz, J. Schaffer, M. Barber, S. Meikle, C. Spino Apr 2013

Continence Pessary Compared With Behavioral Therapy Or Combined Therapy For Stress Incontinence: A Randomized Controlled Trial, H. Richter, K. Burgio, L. Brubaker, I. Nygaard, W. Ye, A. Weidner, Catherine Bradley, V. Handa, D. Borello-France, P. Goode, H. Zyczynski, E. Lukacz, J. Schaffer, M. Barber, S. Meikle, C. Spino

Catherine S. Bradley

OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness of a continence pessary to evidence-based behavioral therapy for stress incontinence and to assess whether combined pessary and behavioral therapy is superior to single-modality therapy. METHODS: This was a multisite, randomized clinical trial (Ambulatory Treatments for Leakage Associated with Stress Incontinence [ATLAS]) that randomly assigned 446 women with stress incontinence to pessary, behavioral therapy, or combined treatment. Primary outcome measures, at 3 months, were Patient Global Impression of Improvement and the stress incontinence subscale of the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory. A priori, to be considered clinically superior, combination therapy had to be better than both …