Table 19Summary league table displaying percent of women with UI outcomes for each pharmacological treatment

InterventionsAll Studies, %Stress UI Studies*, %Urgency UI Studies*, %
CureBTX (onabotulinum toxin A)43.6.42.8
Hormones28.31.7.
Anticholinergics21.0.21.4
Periurethral bulking15.616.9.
Alpha agonists14.315.8.
Anticholinergics + hormones4.6..
Placebo/Sham/No treatment12.013.313.2
ImprovementBTX (onabotulinum toxin A)66.6.75.3
Anticholinergics49.424.960.1
Periurethral bulking42.142.3.
Alpha agonists41.646.0.
Anticholinergics + hormones25.2..
Hormones14.915.9.
Placebo/Sham/No treatment24.827.245.7
SatisfactionBTX (onabotulinum toxin A)85.5.59.5
Anticholinergics54.7.48.9
Alpha agonists...
Anticholinergics + hormones...
Hormones...
Periurethral bulking...
Placebo/Sham/No Treatment31.834.926.9

Interventions are sorted by percent of women across all studies who achieved cure (except for no treatment in the last rows). Empty cells (with periods) indicate that the intervention was not evaluated among the studies designated in the given column.

*

Restricted to studies of the given subgroup of women

From: Results

Cover of Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women: A Systematic Review Update
Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women: A Systematic Review Update [Internet].
Comparative Effectiveness Review, No. 212.
Balk E, Adam GP, Kimmel H, et al.

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