Nocturia severely impairs the sleep quality of nursing home residents: results from a multi-center study.

Objectives: To assess the association between self-reported sleep quality and nocturia in nursing home residents.

Methods: The association between self-reported poor sleep quality and nocturia was examined in eighty nursing home residents from two nursing facilities using logistic regression analysis.

Results: Poor sleep quality was reported by 29% of the eighty participants (median age 89±7 years, 77% of women).

The Bladder at Night during Hospitalisation: Towards optimal care for elderly patients with nocturia.

Objective: This study aimed to describe the characteristics of nocturia in older hospitalised patients and to explore knowledge, beliefs and experiences associated with night toileting while in hospital in order to identify unmet care needs.

Methods: A multisite mixed methods cross-sectional study of older hospitalised adults who were admitted for ≥2 days was conducted using a standardised researcher-administered questionnaire. An additional cohort 16 older hospitalised adults with nocturia >twice per night were interviewed to understand the experience and impact of nocturia during hospitalisation.

Circadian Patterns in Postvoid Residual and Voided Percentage Among Older Women with Urinary Incontinence.

Background: Women with urinary incontinence incur an increased risk of elevated postvoid residual (PVR) volume and impaired voiding efficiency (i.e., voided percentage (Void%)), but the clinical significance of these parameters remains poorly described.

Phenotyping nocturnal polyuria: circadian and age-related variations in diuresis rate, free water clearance and sodium clearance.

Background: this study compares diuresis rate, sodium clearance and free water clearance (FWC) by age and time of day (nighttime vs. daytime) in subjects with and without nocturnal polyuria (NP) to determine whether these variables affect the phenotype of NP.

Methods: post hoc analysis of two prospective observational studies.

Prevalence and characteristics of incident falls related to nocturnal toileting in hospitalized patients.

: Although nocturia is a risk factor for incident falls in the community, studies are required to gain an understanding of incident falls related to nocturnal toileting in hospitals. The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence and characteristics of incident falls in adult hospitalized patients related to nocturnal toileting.: A retrospective review of the electronic incident reporting and learning system and medical records of inpatients that had an incident fall.

Dutch version of the TANGO nocturia screening tool: cross-culturally translation and reliability study in community-dwelling people and nursing home residents.

: The purpose of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the self-administered screening instrument 'Targeting the individual's Aetiology of Nocturia to Guide Outcomes' (TANGO) into Dutch for Belgium and to assess its test-retest reliability. : This study has a cross-sectional, descriptive study design. Cross-cultural adaption of TANGO into Dutch for Belgium was performed according to a standardized method.

Toileting-related falls at night in hospitalised patients: The role of nocturia.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence and characteristics of toileting-related falls in hospitalised older people.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of falls related to night-time toileting in patients 60 years or over in a tertiary hospital during a one-year period.

Results: Overall 34% of falls were related to toileting with at least 44% of these falls occurring during the night.

Development of a multivariate prediction model for nocturia, based on urinary tract etiologies.

Purpose: The main objective of our study was to determine which combination of modifiable and non-modifiable parameters that could discriminate patients with nocturia from those without nocturia. This was a post-hoc analysis of 3 prospective, observational studies conducted in Ghent University. Participants completed frequency volume chart (FVC) to compare characteristics between patients with and without nocturia.

Smart diapers for nursing home residents with dementia: a pilot study.

: The objective of the study is to evaluate the use of an experimental smart diaper as an indicator of saturation for diaper change in persons with dementia living in nursing homes. : A multicenter prospective study was conducted in 3 nursing homes amongst 18 residents with dementia. For each resident, a frequency-volume urine chart (FVUC) was kept for 24 h including voided volume and diaper weights, wearing smart diapers.

Video Urodynamic Study in Female Adults With Air-filled Catheters: A Health-care Training Video.

Objective: To take the first step toward standardization of UDS with air-filled catheters, we present a video documenting a procedure for performing video UDS with air-filled catheters in female adults. According to The International Consultation on Incontinence (ICS), the aim of urodynamic studies (UDS) in clinical practice is to evaluate a patient's lower urinary tract function with at least 1 complete and representative filling-voiding-post-voiding cycle by testing with relevant pressures and flowmetry. International guidelines state that UDS is preferably performed with fluid-filled catheters.

Clean Intermittent Self-Catheterization as a Treatment Modality for Urinary Retention: Perceptions of Urologists.

Purpose: Clean intermittent self-catheterization (CISC) is now considered the gold standard for the management of urinary retention. In the literature, several articles on patients' perspectives on CISC and adherence to this technique have been published. No studies have yet explored the points of view of professional caregivers, such as nurses and doctors.

Pathophysiology of nocturnal lower urinary tract symptoms in older patients with urinary incontinence.

Objectives: To explore the mismatch between functional bladder capacity and nocturnal urine production, and to study the pathophysiology of an increased nocturnal urine production in older patients with urinary incontinence.

Methods: The present prospective observational study included adults aged ≥65 years with urinary incontinence. Participants completed questionnaires, frequency volume charts and renal function profiles.

A different way to study frequency volume charts in patients with nocturia.

Background: Nocturia results from a mismatch between bladder capacity and nocturnal urine production (NUP), which is determined with a frequency volume charts (FVC).

Aim: This is the first study that aimed to describe variations in nocturia severity and its associated factors by evaluating FVCs per single 24 h-period.

Methods: This was a post-hoc analysis of patients who completed a 72 h-FVC in prospective, observational studies.

Older People's Preferences for Side Effects Associated with Antimuscarinic Treatments of Overactive Bladder: A Discrete-Choice Experiment.

Introduction: Understanding the importance older people attribute to the different side effects associated with oral antimuscarinic treatments for overactive bladder (OAB) could help inform prescribers, healthcare policy makers and the drug industry.

Objective: Our objective was to quantify the importance of the most prevalent cognitive and side effects of oral antimuscarinic treatments for OAB in older people.

Methods: We conducted a discrete-choice experiment (DCE) with the assistance of an interviewer with community-dwelling and hospitalized older people aged >65 years.

Circadian Variation in Post Void Residual in Nursing Home Residents With Moderate Impairment in Activities of Daily Living.

Background: Despite the conflicting evidence about postvoid residual (PVR) and its variation in time and corresponding voided volume (VV), studies with urinary diaries and systematic measurements of PVR after each void have never been conducted in nursing home (NH) residents.

Objective: To describe the circadian rhythm of PVR and residual fraction (RF, the net quantity of PVR) and to identify the time window with the highest PVR and RF.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A multicentre prospective study conducted between 2014 and 2015 in 5 Belgian NHs.

The impact of nocturnal polyuria in older people with nocturnal LUTS.

Background: Bladder dysfunctions often express the presence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and are common in older people. The aim of this study was to analyze the micturition, incontinence and residual in older subjects, evaluating the role of nocturnal polyuria.

Methods: Eighty-six patients aged 65 or older with invalidating LUTS were hospitalized for 24 hours.

Urodynamic studies in children: Standardized transurethral video-urodynamic evaluation.

Objective: The aim was too demonstrate standardized video-urodynamic study (VUDS) in children using a transurethral catheter and pressure transducers.

Methods: Data necessary to obtain urodynamic evaluation of bladder sphincter function were gathered by concomitant measurement of bladder, urethral, and abdominal pressure. A 7F transurethral triple-lumen water-filled catheter was used for measuring the bladder and sphincter pressures and a water-filled 8F catheter connected to a pressure transducer was inserted into the rectum for pressure measurement.