The improvement of preparation before urodynamic examination in elderly patients

VernacularTitle:老年患者尿动力检查准备方法的改进
Author: Jing CHANG ; Chuanchuan REN ; Yan ZHANG ; Ruili ZHANG ; Jianguo WEN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Urodynamic; Urination disorders
From: Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2012;31(6):503-505
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the effects of improved preparation before urodynamic examination in the elderly patients with voiding disfunction.Methods Totally 424 elderly patients underwent urodynamic examination after improvement of the preparation approach according to pathophysiological characteritics of the elderly patients,and 248 elderly patients before the approach improved in our center were collected as control.The compliance,discontinuation and repetition rate of urodynamic examination were compared between the two groups.Results The compliance of patients who used the improved preparation approach was significantly higher than control (92.5％ vs.59.3％,x2=106.428,P＜0.001).Whereas the discontinuation and repetition rates of urodynamic examination in the improved group were decreased as compared with control group ( 1.2％ vs.6.9％,x2 =14.176,P=0.0002; 8.5％ vs.21.4％,x2 =21.487,P＜0.001).Conclusions The improved preparation approach according to the pathophysiological characteritics of elderly patients is worthy to popularize in the urodynamic centers.