Preventive strategies for recurrent urinary tract infections in premenopausal women: A sco

A scoping review synthesizing 78 publications on preventive strategies for recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTIs) in premenopausal women, published between January 2013 and December 2023. The review was conducted by Caroline Skovsbo Clausen and sourced from databases including PubMed, Cochrane, EMBASE, Web of Science, and CINAHL. It maps both well-studied and less-studied approaches, highlighting gaps in evidence and inconsistencies in recommendations.

Use Cases

• Mapping evidence for non-antibiotic preventive strategies based on the review of behavioral modifications, vitamin supplements, and hydration.
• Identifying research gaps for future clinical trials based on the analysis of inconsistent recommendations and methodologically weak studies.
• Informing clinical guideline development based on the synthesis of recommendations from reviews, guidelines, and expert reports.
• Supporting shared decision-making between healthcare providers and patients based on the overview of diverse preventive strategies.

Strengths

• Synthesizes findings from 78 publications, providing a broad evidence base.
• Covers a defined time range of publications from January 2013 to December 2023.
• Explicitly addresses a major clinical challenge (antimicrobial resistance) by focusing on non-antibiotic strategies.

Limitations

• The dataset is a document (87.3 KB DOCX file) and not a structured data table; column-level documentation is absent.
• The underlying data consists of a literature review synthesis; raw study data or patient-level records are not included.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Scoping review conducted by searching PubMed, Cochrane, EMBASE, Web of Science, and CINAHL.

Time Range

Publications from January 2013 to December 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 12:54:04; freshness should be verified.