
Vignesh Packiam, MD, discusses strategies to manage intravesical therapy toxicity in NMIBC, improve treatment tolerability, and preserve bladder function.
“We showed in this controlled study that the mindfulness meditation decreases anxiety level and has a positive effect on pain and also on patient satisfaction,” says Andrea Staack, MD, PhD.
In this episode, Urology Times® Assistant Editor Janelle Hart spoke with Andrea Staack, MD, PhD, about the study, “Mindfulness based-stress reduction is associated with decreased levels of patients’ anxiety after urodynamics- A prospective randomized controlled trial,” which was presented at the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction 2022 Winter Meeting. Staack is a urologist at Loma Linda University Health and an associate professor of urology at the Loma Linda University School of Medicine in California.