https://doi.org/10.4081/uij.2011.e12

Overactive bladder syndrome in the ageing population

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2011)
Submitted: 14 September 2011
Accepted: 11 October 2011
Published: 6 December 2011
Mdicine, Gynaecology, Urology, OAB, Elderly
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Steven Mark Finney
s.mfinney@doctors.org.uk
Pyrah Department of Urology St James’s University Hospital Beckett St Leeds UK LS9 7TF, United Kingdom.
Ian Eardley
Pyrah Department of Urology St James’s University Hospital Beckett St Leeds UK LS9 7TF, .
Overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) is a common problem in the older age group that can seriously effect quality of life. It raises challenges in the assessment and treatment of the patient with attention needed to be given to the presence of co-existent disease, cognition, patient motivation and the potential negative effects of pharmacological treatment. Though with the correct approach a substantial amount patients should derive some benefit.

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Ian Eardley, Pyrah Department of Urology St James’s University Hospital Beckett St Leeds UK LS9 7TF
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Finney, S. M., & Eardley, I. (2011). Overactive bladder syndrome in the ageing population. Urogynaecologia, 25(1), e12. https://doi.org/10.4081/uij.2011.e12

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