Behavioral Economics in Urology: A Scoping Review. 2022

Leonid I Aksenov, and Rebecca J Fairchild, and Samantha J Kaplan, and Charles D Scales, and Jonathan C Routh
Division of Urologic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.

Behavioral economics is the study of human behavior in the context of irrationality, self-control and self-interest. It has been leveraged in a variety of ways in health care, including efforts to decrease smoking, encourage weight loss and promote medication adherence. Concepts from this field can be used to help urologists better understand and improve behavior-dependent clinical outcomes. Our objective in this scoping review was to assess the current state of behavioral economics in the urological literature. We conducted a scoping review of behavioral economic research in urology by performing a broad search in MEDLINE®, Embase® and Scopus® databases from inception to August 30, 2021. Abstracts were screened, assessed for relevancy and selected for full-text review. A qualitative synthesis of selected manuscripts was then performed. A total of 1,855 articles were identified. Sixty-one articles were selected for full-text review. Of those, 13 were selected for qualitative synthesis. The selected articles included reports of prospective trials (6), ongoing prospective trial methods (1), abstracts without a published manuscript (4) and commentaries (2). A variety of topics were covered: prostate cancer (5), resident education (2), hematuria (1), incontinence (1), surgical costs (1), care pathways (1), nephrolithiasis (1) and bladder cancer (1). There is a very limited number of articles, and even fewer trials, in urology that leverage behavioral economic concepts. Given this, and the successful application of behavioral economics in other medical disciplines, there is a need for behavioral economic informed urological interventions and well-designed trials to evaluate behavioral economics outcomes in urology.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014549 Urinary Incontinence Involuntary loss of URINE, such as leaking of urine. It is a symptom of various underlying pathological processes. Major types of incontinence include URINARY URGE INCONTINENCE and URINARY STRESS INCONTINENCE. Incontinence, Urinary
D014572 Urology A surgical specialty concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the urinary tract in both sexes, and the genital tract in the male. Common urological problems include urinary obstruction, URINARY INCONTINENCE, infections, and UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS.
D055118 Medication Adherence Voluntary cooperation of the patient in taking drugs or medicine as prescribed. This includes timing, dosage, and frequency. Drug Adherence,Drug Compliance,Medication Compliance,Medication Nonadherence,Medication Non-Adherence,Medication Non-Compliance,Medication Noncompliance,Medication Persistence,Adherence, Drug,Adherence, Medication,Compliance, Drug,Compliance, Medication,Medication Non Adherence,Medication Non Compliance,Non-Adherence, Medication,Non-Compliance, Medication,Nonadherence, Medication,Noncompliance, Medication,Persistence, Medication
D060909 Economics, Behavioral The combined discipline of psychology and economics that investigates what happens in markets in which some of the agents display human limitations and complications. Behavioral Economics

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