ArticleEuropean urology open science2026
Knowledge Gaps and Barriers to Care in Men with Postprostatectomy Incontinence: Evidence from the German ProKontinenz Trial.
Article in European urology open science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
42 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background and objective: Postprostatectomy incontinence (PPI) reduces quality of life, yet remains undertreated despite effective surgical options. Persistently low intervention rates in Europe for PPI suggest a care gap. This study assessed patients' knowledge of surgical PPI treatments and barriers to treatment uptake. Methods: Cross-sectional baseline analysis of Key findings and limitations: A total of 526 of 692 men participated (90% response rate). Among the participants, common reasons for not considering incontinence surgery were satisfaction with incontinence products (79%), concerns about surgical risks (53%), and doubts about success of surgery (51%). Fifty-nine percent men reported no knowledge of surgical PPI treatment. Independent predictors of lacking knowledge were low urine loss (odds ratio [OR] 2.4, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.3-4.7), less severe King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ)-score "role limitation" (OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.1-4.3), concerns about treatment success (OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.2-4.1), and missing information from the urologist (OR 4.2, 95% CI 1.1-16.7) or partner (OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.2-3.8). Limitations of the study include self-reported data and a nonvalidated definition of "knowledge." Conclusions and clinical implications: Among patients with PPI for ≥12 mo after radical prostatectomy, more than half did not have any knowledge of potentially effective surgery. Information deficits and symptom severity influence knowledge. Strengthening guideline-based information and clinician-patient communication may help close this gap.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.