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| Leslee SubakSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Decrease in urinary incontinence management costs in women enrolled in a clinical trial of weight loss to treat urinary incontinenceLeslee L Subak
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94115, USA
Obstet Gynecol 120:277-83. 2012..To estimate the effect of a decrease in urinary incontinence (UI) frequency on UI management costs among women enrolled in a clinical trial of a weight loss intervention and to identify factors that predict change in cost...- Obesity and urinary incontinence: epidemiology and clinical research updateLeslee L Subak
University of California San Francisco Mt Zion Women s Health Clinical Research Center, San Francisco, California, USA
J Urol 182:S2-7. 2009..We reviewed the epidemiological literature on the association of obesity and urinary incontinence, and summarized clinical trial data on the effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence... - Weight loss to treat urinary incontinence in overweight and obese womenLeslee L Subak
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
N Engl J Med 360:481-90. 2009..Obesity is an established and modifiable risk factor for urinary incontinence, but conclusive evidence for a beneficial effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence is lacking... - High costs of urinary incontinence among women electing surgery to treat stress incontinenceLeslee L Subak
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Obstet Gynecol 111:899-907. 2008..To estimate costs for incontinence management, health-related quality of life, and willingness to pay for incontinence improvement in women electing surgery for stress urinary incontinence... 
Cost of pelvic organ prolapse surgery in the United StatesL L Subak
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, Mount Zion Women s Health, San Francisco, California 94143 1688, USA
Obstet Gynecol 98:646-51. 2001..To estimate the annual direct cost to society of pelvic organ prolapse operations in the United States...- The "costs" of urinary incontinence for womenLeslee L Subak
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, University of California, San Francisco 94115, USA
Obstet Gynecol 107:908-16. 2006..To estimate costs of routine care for female urinary incontinence, health-related quality of life, and willingness to pay for incontinence improvement... - Weight loss: a novel and effective treatment for urinary incontinenceLeslee L Subak
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
J Urol 174:190-5. 2005..We evaluated the effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence (UI) in overweight and obese women... - Does weight loss improve incontinence in moderately obese women?L L Subak
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 94143 1688, USA
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 13:40-3. 2002..07). The study demonstrated an association between weight reduction and improved urinary incontinence. Weight reduction should be considered for moderately obese women as part of non-surgical therapy for incontinence... - Cost-effectiveness analyses in obstetrics & gynecology. Evaluation of methodologic quality and trendsLeslee L Subak
Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, USA
J Reprod Med 47:631-9. 2002..To evaluate methodologic quality and trends of cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) published in Obstetrics & Gynecology... - Sexual function among overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence in a randomized controlled trial of an intensive behavioral weight loss interventionAlison J Huang
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
J Urol 181:2235-42. 2009..We examined sexual function in overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence, and evaluated the effects of an intensive behavioral weight reduction intervention on sexual function in this population... - Prevalence and risk factors for urinary incontinence in overweight and obese diabetic women: action for health in diabetes (look ahead) studySuzanne Phelan
Kinesiology Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Diabetes Care 32:1391-7. 2009..Increasing obesity (BMI > or =35 kg/m(2)) was the strongest modifiable risk factor for overall incontinence and stress incontinence in this diverse cohort... - Symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse: prevalence and risk factors in a population-based, racially diverse cohortGuri Rortveit
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Obstet Gynecol 109:1396-403. 2007..To estimate the prevalence of and identify risk factors associated with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse and level of distress in racially diverse women aged older than 40 years... - Sexual function and aging in racially and ethnically diverse womenAlison J Huang
Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1362-8. 2009..To examine factors influencing sexual activity and functioning in racially and ethnically diverse middle-aged and older women... - Stress urinary incontinence surgery in the United StatesL Elaine Waetjen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
Obstet Gynecol 101:671-6. 2003..To describe the prevalence, regional rates and demographic characteristics, morbidity, and mortality of stress urinary incontinence surgeries in the United States... - Pelvic organ prolapse surgery in the United States, 1997Jeanette S Brown
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF Mount Zion Women s Health, University of California, San Francisco, 94143 1688, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 186:712-6. 2002..Our purpose was to describe the prevalence, regional rates and demographic characteristics, morbidity, and mortality of pelvic organ prolapse surgeries in the United States... - An intensive behavioral weight loss intervention and hot flushes in womenAlison J Huang
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:1161-7. 2010..Higher body mass index is associated with worse hot flushes during menopause but the effect of weight loss on flushing is unclear... - Incidence of and risk factors for change in urinary incontinence status in a prospective cohort of middle-aged and older women: the reproductive risk of incontinence study in KaiserDavid H Thom
Department of Family and Community Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94110, USA
J Urol 184:1394-401. 2010..Urinary incontinence is a dynamic condition that can progress and regress but few groups have examined risk factors for change in incontinence status... - Proceedings of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases International Symposium on Epidemiologic Issues in Urinary Incontinence in WomenJeanette S Brown
Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Services, University of California San Francisco, 94115, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 188:S77-88. 2003..The investigators were able to form an international collaborative research working group and identify potential collaborative projects to further research on the epidemiology of urinary incontinence and bladder dysfunction... - The effect of behavioral therapy on urinary incontinence: a randomized controlled trialLeslee L Subak
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 94115, USA
Obstet Gynecol 100:72-8. 2002..To evaluate the effect of a low-intensity behavioral therapy program on urinary incontinence in older women... - The sensitivity and specificity of a simple test to distinguish between urge and stress urinary incontinenceJeanette S Brown
University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94115, USA
Ann Intern Med 144:715-23. 2006..Because treatments differ, urge incontinence should be distinguished from stress incontinence. To make this distinction, current guidelines recommend an extensive evaluation that is too time-consuming for primary care practice... - Fecal incontinence in females older than aged 40 years: who is at risk?Madhulika G Varma
Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94115, USA
Dis Colon Rectum 49:841-51. 2006..This study was designed to estimate the prevalence of, and identify risk factors associated with, fecal incontinence in racially diverse females older than aged 40 years... - Differences in prevalence of urinary incontinence by race/ethnicityDavid H Thom
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
J Urol 175:259-64. 2006..We compared the prevalence of urinary incontinence by type among white, black, Hispanic and Asian-American women... - Postmenopausal hormone therapy: does it cause incontinence?Jody E Steinauer
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, 1001 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Obstet Gynecol 106:940-5. 2005..To estimate the effect of hormone therapy on risk of stress and urge urinary incontinence... - Urinary incontinence in women: Direct costs of routine careLeslee Subak
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:596.e1-9. 2007..The purpose of this study was to estimate the direct costs of routine care for urinary incontinence (UI) in community-dwelling, racially diverse women... - Cost-effectiveness analyses in gynecologic oncology: methodological quality and trendsMichael R Manuel
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California at San Francisco (UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Gynecol Oncol 93:1-8. 2004..Understanding the methodology of cost-effectiveness analysis is critical for researchers, editors, and readers to accurately interpret results of the growing body of CEA articles... - New perspectives on overactive bladder: quality of life impact, medication persistency, and treatment costsC Daniel Mullins
Center for Pharmacoeconomic Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, USA
Am J Manag Care 11:S101-2. 2005 - Racial differences in pelvic organ prolapseEmily L Whitcomb
Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
Obstet Gynecol 114:1271-7. 2009..To compare the estimated prevalence of, risk factors for, and level of bother associated with subjectively reported and objectively measured pelvic organ prolapse in a racially diverse cohort... - Evaluating an incontinence intervention in nursing home residentsTodd H Wagner
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:275-6. 2003
Research Grants
- Economic Analysis of the EPRIDELeslee Subak; Fiscal Year: 2007..The E- PRIDE ancillary study allows us to efficiently evaluate the cost-utility of a novel treatment approach - weight reduction -- for incontinence. ..
- Economic Analysis of the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network Trials (E-UITN)Leslee Subak; Fiscal Year: 2009..The study assembles a group of senior investigators with expertise in economics, cost-effectiveness and UI treatment. The E- UITN will provide critical economic data for commonly used treatments for incontinence. ..
- Economic Analysis of the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network Trials (E-UITN)Leslee L Subak; Fiscal Year: 2010..The study assembles a group of senior investigators with expertise in economics, cost-effectiveness and UI treatment. The E- UITN will provide critical economic data for commonly used treatments for incontinence. ..