Trial reportQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2012
The effect of weight loss on changes in health-related quality of life among overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence.
Trial report in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Lifestyle interventions for the treatment of urinary incontinence in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Health utility outcomes in patients undergoing medical management for chronic rhinosinusitis: a prospective multiinstitutional study.International forum of allergy & rhinology · 2015Trial
- Pelvic floor rehabilitation management in females with stress urinary incontinence: a summary of best-evidence strategies.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Evaluating Weight Loss Efficacy in Obesity Treatment with Allurion's Ingestible Gastric Balloon: A Retrospective Study Utilizing the Scale App Health Tracker.Clinics and practice · 2024Article
- Effect of an exercise programme for reducing abdominal fat on overactive bladder symptoms in young overweight women.International urogynecology journal · 2020Article
- A cross-cultural comparison of health-related quality of life and its associated factors among older women in Vietnam and Australia.BMC research notes · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo estimate the effect of change in weight and change in urinary incontinence (UI) frequency on changes in preference-based measures of health-related quality of life (HRQL) among overweight and obese women with UI participating in a weight loss trial.
methodsWe conducted a longitudinal cohort analysis of 338 overweight and obese women with UI enrolled in a randomized clinical trial comparing a behavioral weight loss intervention to an educational control condition. At baseline, 6, and 18 months, health utilities were estimated using the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3), a transformation of the SF-36 to the preference-based SF-6D, and the estimated Quality of Well-Being (eQWB) score (a summary calculated from the SF-36 physical functioning, mental health, bodily pain, general health perceptions, and role limitations-physical subscale scores). Potential predictors of changes in these outcomes were examined using generalized estimating equations.
resultsIn adjusted multivariable models, weight loss was associated with improvement in HUI3, SF-6D, and eQWB at 6 and 18 months (P < 0.05). Increases in physical activity also were independently associated with improvement in HUI3 (P = 0.01) and SF-6D (P = 0.006) scores at 18 months. In contrast, reduction in UI frequency did not predict improvements in HRQL at 6 or 18 months.
conclusionWeight loss and increased physical activity, but not reduction in UI frequency, were strongly associated with improvements in health utilities measured by the HUI3, SF-6D, and eQWB. These findings provide important information that can be used to inform cost-utility analyses of weight loss interventions.
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