SynthesisAnnals of family medicine
Self-Management for Men With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Annals of family medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05765331 (Evaluating the Effectiveness of Chatbot-Based Intervention on Enhancing Self-management and Decision Self-efficacy Among Men Having Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms With or Without Erectile Dysfunction in the Post COVID-19 Era), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Chatbot-Based Intervention on Enhancing Self-management and Decision Self-efficacy Among Men Having Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms With or Without Erectile Dysfunction in the Post COVID-19 Era
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Trial-based economic evaluations of non-drug interventions in the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Handbook of Non-Drug Interventions in primary care: a systemic review.Family medicine and community health · 2025Pooled it
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- Self-management of male urinary symptoms: qualitative findings from a primary care trial.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2026Trial
- Evaluating the impact of digital therapy for male LUTS: insights from the BEST trial subgroup analysis.World journal of urology · 2025Trial
- Comprehensive analysis of KAP nursing model combined with digital health management on postoperative self-management in BPH patients.Frontiers in public health · 2025Trial
- Randomised controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness of the symptom management after radiotherapy (SMaRT) group intervention to ameliorate lower urinary tract symptoms in men treated for prostate cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Trial
- Prioritising modifiable risk factors for self-management of urinary incontinence in older men: integrating expert consensus with patient readiness.Age and ageing · 2026Article
- Perceived partner responsiveness between benign prostatic hyperplasia's symptom index and aging male symptoms.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Digital Therapy for Male LUTS: Results After Mid- and Longterm Follow-Up.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Australian General Practitioners' perspectives, experiences and use of non-drug interventions in primary care: a qualitative study.Family medicine and community health · 2026Article
- Defining the Minimal Important Difference in International Prostate Symptom Score for Men with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Using a Patient-centered Anchor Measure.European urology open science · 2025Article
- Patients' experiences with self-management of conservative interventions for fecal incontinence.Continence (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Management and Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Symptoms: Current Insights.Research and reports in urology · 2025Review
- Strategies to Improve Bladder Control: A Preliminary Case Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- [Digital health applications in urology].Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- Attitudes, beliefs, behaviours and perspectives on barriers and enablers of Australian general practitioners towards non-drug interventions: a national survey.Family medicine and community health · 2024Article
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- Management of urinary tract infections in the community: a clinical audit and patient survey.BJGP open · 2023Article
- A scoping review of risk factors for urinary incontinence in older men.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
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Abstract
purposeLower urinary tract symptoms are very common in older men. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effects of self-management interventions on these symptoms.
methodsWe included randomized controlled trials comparing the effect of self-management interventions (alone or combined with drug therapy) with usual care or drug therapy alone in men with lower urinary tract symptoms. Two independent reviewers screened retrieved articles, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. The primary outcome was lower urinary tract symptom severity. Where data were available, we calculated mean differences (MDs) between the interventions.
resultsAnalyses were based on 8 studies among 1,006 adult men. Seven of these studies were judged to be at high risk in 2 of the 7 domains of bias. The nature of the self-management interventions varied across studies. There was a clinically important reduction in the 35-point International Prostate Symptom Score at 6 months favoring self-management interventions compared with usual care (MD = -7.4; 95% CI, -8.8 to -6.1; 2 studies). The reduction in score with self-management was similar to that achieved with drug therapy at 6 to 12 weeks (MD = 0.0; 95% CI, -2.0 to 2.0; 3 studies). Self-management had a smaller, additional benefit at 6 weeks when added to drug therapy (MD = -2.3; 95% CI, -4.1 to -0.5; 1 study).
conclusionsWe found moderate-quality evidence (suggesting reasonable certainty in estimates) for the effectiveness of self-management for treating lower urinary tract symptoms in men. We therefore recommend the use of self-management interventions for this patient population.
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