ArticlePloS one2015
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Nurse-Led Continence Care Treatments for Chinese Primary Care Patients with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms.
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- Walk-in clinics versus physician offices and emergency rooms for urgent care and chronic disease management.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Health-related quality of life among Chinese primary care patients with different lower urinary tract symptoms: a latent class analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Trial
- Enhancing accessibility through nurse-led clinics in primary care: An integrative review of models of care.International journal of nursing sciences · 2025Review
- Unscheduled home consultations by registered nurses may reduce acute clinic visits.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Factors associated with health-seeking for urinary incontinence in Hong Kong Chinese women: a cross-sectional study.International urogynecology journal · 2024Article
- Primary Health Care nurses' role in treating Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2024Article
- Lower urinary tract symptoms and health-related quality of life in Hong Kong primary care: a cross-sectional study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Article
- The effect of timing of incentive payments on response rates for cohort study telephone interviews in primary care setting with cost-minimization analysis, a randomized controlled trial.BMC medical research methodology · 2015Observational
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- Prevalence, Burden, and Treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men Aged 50 and Older: A Systematic Review of the Literature.SAGE open nursingReview
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to evaluate whether community-based nurse-led continence care interventions are effective in improving outcomes for adult Chinese primary care patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). RESEARCH DESIGN AND SUBJECTS: A case-controlled intervention study was conducted. An intervention group of 360 primary care patients enrolled into a nurse-led continence care programme were recruited by consecutive sampling. A control group of 360 primary care patients with LUTS identified by screening were recruited from the waiting rooms of primary care clinics by consecutive sampling. Both groups were monitored at baseline and at 12 months. MEASURES: Outcome measures included symptom severity, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), self-efficacy, global health and self-reported health service utilization at 12-months. The effect of the continence care programme on symptom severity and HRQOL was assessed by the difference-in-difference estimation, using independent t-test and multiple liner regression. Chi-square test was used to compare the self-efficacy, global health and self-reported health service utilization between the two groups at 12-months.
resultsAfter adjusting for baseline severity and socio-demographics, the intervention group had significant improvements in LUTS severity (P<0.05) and HRQOL (P<0.05). Improvements in the amount of urine leakage were not significantly different between the two groups. A higher proportion of subjects in the intervention group reported increased self-efficacy (43.48% vs. 66.83%), improved global health condition (17.74% vs. 41.5%), having doctor consultation (18.5% vs. 8.06), having medication due to LUTS (26.50% vs.11.29%) and having non-drug therapy due to LUTS (59.5% vs.9.68%).
conclusionsCommunity-based nurse-led continence care can effectively alleviate symptoms, improve health-related quality of life, and enhance self-efficacy and the global health condition of Chinese male and female primary care patients with LUTS.
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