UROTHERAPHY is a new professional education avialable for medical professions as  registrated nurses, physiotheraphists or psycisians.

The UROTHERAPHIST performs investigations and treatment methods in peoplesuffering from bladder dysfunctions such as urinary incontinence.

According to several studies*, approximately 10-15% of the Scandinavian population are suffering from bladder dysfunctions, occurring in all ages, due to a variety of causes.

The UROTHERAPHIST has an important task in demonstrating the relation between the causes of the bladder dysfunction and the symptoms, in order to support the patient and to create a better understanding of the treatment ability.  

The UROTHERAPHISTs primary tasks is to investigate the bladder dysfunction and to  follow up the result of the treatment methods.

The UROTHERAPHIST has an important role in the medical field, providing information and education conserning bladder – and intestinal dysfunctions. Participation in research- and development projects is frequently occurring as a part of the work.  

The UROTHERAPHIST is highly qualified to perform professional evaluations of medical devices and products designed for incontinence care as well as prescribing these products to patients.

At several University and Central hospitals in the Scandinavian countries, UROTHERAPY are an established profession, sometimes also available at the General Practionaires offices.

BLADDER – AND INTESTINAL DYSFUNCTION

• Stress incontinence: the symptom indicates the patient’s statement of involuntary loss of urine during physical exertion.
• Urge incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine associated with a strong desire to void (urgency).
• Mixed incontinence both stress and urge incontinence symptoms mixed
• Functional bladder dysfunction
• Enuresis means any involuntary loss of urine. If it is used to denote incontinence during sleep, it should always be qualified with the adjective “nocturnal”.
• Reflex incontinence is loss of urine due to detrusor hyperreflexia and/or involuntary urethral relaxation in the absence of the sensation usually associated with the desire to micturate. This condition is only seen in patients with neuropathic bladder/urethral disorders.
• Urine retention
• Overflow incontinence is any involuntary loss of urine associated with overdistension of the bladder.
• Fecale retention

UROTHEURAPHEUTIC TREATMENT OPTIONS

• Consultation/education Basic information related to the bladder dysfunction problems, involves nutrition, drinking and micturition habits, hygienic aspects and clothing in order minimize urine leakage.
• Bladder regimen/training improves the bladder control and capacity
• Pelvic floor muscle exercises improves the pelvic mass and squeezing function
• Electric stimulation of the nerves inhibiting the bladder and the pelvic floor         
• Enuresis alarm is helpful discovering involuntary urine loss at night
• Clean intermittent self-catheterisation means an artificial emptying of the full bladder      
• Intra-urethral dilation to established an urethral passage to ensure the bladder emptying                 
• Toilet assistance/training creates a normal voiding behaviour and continence
• BioFeedback is a method to increase the sensitivity of the body functioning

UROTHERAPHY

The word urotheraphy is a combination of the word “uro” – something connected to the urinary tract and “therapy” – which means treatment.

UROTHERAPHY is particularly a behavioural therapy treatment method in order to introduce and established simple changes in the everyday life and/or through bladder training and pelvic floor exercises.

OBJECTIVES

• To achieve continence
• Normalized or improved bladder- and intestinal functions
• Individually tested devices
• Improvement in Quality of Life

UTF (The Urotherapeutic Federation)

The Urotherapeutic Federation is a Scandinavian society, founded in 1987. The society organizes education and research and development within the utotherapeutic field.

The education to become an Urotherapist is authorized only by the University of Gothenborg, Sweden and the University of Bergen, Norway.

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