| Scheduled voiding |
| Prompted voiding |
- This teaches people to initiate voiding through positive reinforcement of appropriate requests to use the toilet.
- It involves approaching people regularly while awake (according to individualised schedules or every two hours) to ask if they need to go to the toilet and whether they are wet or dry.
- Praise is given if the person reports correctly or uses the toilet appropriately.
- This is a behavioural modification approach to bladder rehabilitation.
- It is most suitable for people with cognitive impairment who are also mobile.
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| Habit training |
- This identifies the persons usual patterns of voiding using a fluid balance chart and bladder diary over at least 3 consecutive 24 hour periods.
- Once the pattern is established, a schedule for toilet use is introduced that pre-empts the usual time for voiding by 10-15 minutes to avert an episode of incontinence.
- This is an bladder rehabilitation intervention.
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| Timed voiding |
- This is also known as routine or regular toileting.
- It involves helping the person to use the toilet at fixed time intervals such as 2 hourly.
- This is not a bladder rehabilitation intervention to promote recovery of bladder function.
- Timed voiding is used to manage urinary incontinence and aims to ‘keep people dry’.
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Page last reviewed: 31 Jan 2022
