It's About Time: The Temporal Burden of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Among Women.

This secondary analysis studied 50 transcripts of women who shared day-to-day experiences of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and characterized temporal (time-associated) features of living with LUTS. Findings revealed two overarching time-associated themes: and Findings suggest that the temporal burden of LUTS is the accumulated impact of symptoms and symptom management on women's daily lives within multiple contexts across the life course. Increasing nurses' knowledge of the temporal context of LUTS may heighten awareness and improve symptom detection and management.

Views of Normal Bladder Function Among Women Experiencing Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms.

Objective: To explore the perspectives of normal bladder function among women with lower urinary tract symptoms.

Methods: This was a secondary analysis of qualitative data from structured interviews with 50 adult women with lower urinary tract symptoms. A directed content analysis of the transcripts explored women's perspectives on normal bladder function.