Weight Loss to Treat Urinary Incontinence in Overweight and Obese Women

2009607 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Leslee L. Subak · University of San Francisco

Rena R. Wing · Providence College

Delia Smith West · University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Frank A. Franklin · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Eric Vittinghoff · University of California, San Francisco

Jennifer M. Creasman · University of California, San Francisco

Holly E. Richter

Abstract

A 6-month behavioral intervention targeting weight loss reduced the frequency of self-reported urinary-incontinence episodes among overweight and obese women as compared with a control group. A decrease in urinary incontinence may be another benefit among the extensive health improvements associated with moderate weight reduction. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00091988.)

Topics & Keywords

Pelvic floor disorders treatments Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes Stoma care and complications

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 360, Issue 5, pp. 481-490

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0806375

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 36.39