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Definitions of 'cure' and 'improvement' |
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Definitions of cure |
Studies |
Definitions of Improvement |
Studies |
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Less than 1 g loss on pad test |
Parkkinen (2004), Dumoulin (1995) |
Decrease of 50% or more in pad weight |
Aksac (2003) |
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1 g or less on pad test |
Aksac (2003) Glavind (1996) |
Self-report of less urine loss compared with pre-treatment |
Pieber (1995) |
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Less that 2 g loss on pad test (st.b.vl) |
Dumoulin (2004) Knight (1998) |
Self-report: continent (cured), almost continent (improved) (5 point Likert scale) |
Bo (1999) |
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2 g or less on stress test (st.b.vl) |
Bo (1999) Morkved (2002) |
Rare or minor incontinence on exertion & 'satisfied' |
Chen (1999) |
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Self-report: unproblematic (5 point Likert scale) |
Bo (1999) Morkved (2002) |
Decrease of > 50% in IE & decrease in 'symptoms' |
Pages (2001) |
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'No incontinence' (measure NR) & no incontinence on UDS |
Chen (1999) |
Greatly improved: >75% improvement on pad test |
Knight (1998) |
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No incontinence for 7 days |
Johnson (2001) |
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No urine loss on any occasion & negative stress test |
Pieber (1995) |
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No urine loss on paper towel test |
Miller (1998) |
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IE = incontinent episodes, st.b.vl. = standardised bladder volume, UDS = urodynamic studies |
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Neumann et al. BMC Women's Health 2006 6:11 doi:10.1186/1472-6874-6-11 |
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