Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
Keep this study
Lead
Atlanta VA Medical Center
With
The John A. Hartford Foundation
Age
50–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
≥4 weekly episodes of UI with \>50% of accidents associated with feelings of urgency where urgency is defined as the complaint of a sudden compelling desire to pass urine, which is difficult to defer
Willingness to attend clinic visits
Willingness to keep bladder diaries
You may not be if
Cognitive impairment, as evidenced by a Folstein mini-mental status examination (MMSE) of \< 24, or inability to produce an interpretable 7-day bladder diary
Use of an indwelling urinary catheter
Suggestion of bladder outlet obstruction as evidenced by having been prescribed in-and-out catheterization in the past 12 months, having a post-void residual by bladder ultrasound of ≥300 milliliters or a peak voiding flow rate of ≤ 4 mL/min on a void ≥ 125 mL in volume
Severe uterine prolapse past the vaginal introitus
Poorly controlled diabetes defined by a hemoglobin A1c (HgbA1c) of \>8.0%
Chronic renal failure and on hemodialysis
Poorly controlled congestive heart failure or poorly controlled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as evidenced on physical exam
Genitourinary cancer with ongoing surgical or external beam radiation treatment
Any unstable health condition expected to result in hospitalization or death within in the next 3 months as determined by principal investigator.
