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Department of Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Publications

• Mini Review   
  Behavioral Interventions for Managing Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men: A Literature Review from 2018 to 2024
  Author(s): Siobhan Aaron, Samantha DeSimio and Amy Y. Zhang*
  
  Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) largely affect aging men, leading to significant healthcare burdens. Behavioral intervention to LUTS has been used widely in clinical settings, but its effectiveness has yet to be fully understood. This review study aimed to evaluate evidence regarding the effectiveness of behavioral interventions to LUTS in men between 2018 and 2024. A search of the literature was performed using MEDLINE, PubMed, and ClinicalTrials.gov databases, and six relevant studies that focused on self-management strategies with or without pharmacotherapy were identified and reviewed. The evidence shows that behavioral interventions such as symptom self-management through lifestyle modification exhibit promising results in alleviating LUTS severity and symptoms of voiding frequency, nocturia, and postmicturition dribble. However, existing evidence is quite limited, and this r.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-0250.24.13.319

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