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Bladder Retraining Drill
- Indication
- Urge Incontinence
- Technique
- Baseline voiding interval obtained
- Ask patient to void every 30-60 minutes
- Patient voids regardless of voiding sensation
- Suppress urge to void before scheduled time
- Void only if needed to avoid Incontinence
- Monitoring
- Keep voiding and Incontinence diary
- Follow-up in clinic weekly
- Goals
- Increase voiding interval by 30 minutes per week
- Ultimately increase voiding interval to 2.5-3 hours
- Reference
- Fanti (1991) JAMA 265:609
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