Prevalence and Severity of Undiagnosed Urinary Incontinence in Women

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1037-1042

  Wallner, Lauren P ^a,b   Porten, Sima ^c   Meenan, Richard T ^d   O'Keefe Rosetti, Maureen C ^d   Calhoun, Elizabeth A ^e   Sarma, Aruna V ^a,b   Clemens, J Quentin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Undiagnosed; Urinary incontinence; Urinary leakage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED INCONTINENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 71149102614     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Wilson L., Brown J.S., Shin G.P., et al. Annual direct cost of urinary incontinence. Obstet Gynecol 98 (2001) 398-406
2. Nygaard I., Thom D.H., and Calhoun E. Urinary incontinence in women. In: Litwin M.S., and Saigal C.S. (Eds). Urologic Diseases in America. US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (2007), US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 157-192
3. Dugan E., Roberts C.P., Cohen S.J., et al. Why older community-dwelling adults do not discuss urinary incontinence with their primary care physicians. J Am Geriatr Soc 49 (2001) 462-465
4. Shaw C., Tansey R., Jackson C., et al. Barriers to help seeking in people with urinary symptoms. Fam Pract 18 (2001) 48-52
5. Kinchen K.S., Burgio K., Diokno A.C., et al. Factors associated with women's decisions to seek treatment for urinary incontinence. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 12 (2003) 687-698
6. Goldstein M., Hawthorne M.E., Engeberg S., et al. Urinary incontinence. Why people do not seek help. J Gerontol Nurs 18 (1992) 15-20
7. Norton P.A., MacDonald L.D., Sedgwick P.M., and Stanton S.L. Distress and delay associated with urinary incontinence, frequency, and urgency in women. BMJ 297 6657 (1988) 1187-1189
8. Anger J.T., Saigal C.S., Stothers L., et al. The prevalence of urinary incontinence among community dwelling men: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination survey. J Urol 176 (2006) 2103-2108
9. Swithinbank L.V., Donovan J.L., du Heaume J.C., et al. Urinary symptoms and incontinence in women: relationships between occurrence, age, and perceived impact. Br J Gen Pract 49 448 (1999) 897-900
10. Moller L.A., Lose G., and Jorgensen T. The prevalence and bothersomeness of lower urinary tract symptoms in women 40-60 years of age. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 79 (2000) 298-305
11. Sampselle C.M., Harlow S.D., Skurnick J., et al. Urinary incontinence predictors and life impact in ethnically diverse perimenopausal women. Obstet Gynecol 100 (2002) 1230-1238
12. Hannestad Y.S., Rortveit G., Sandvik H., and Hunskaar S. A community-based epidemiological survey of female urinary incontinence: the Norwegian EPINCONT study. Epidemiology of Incontinence in the County of Nord-Trondelag. J Clin Epidemiol 53 (2000) 1150-1157
13. Thom D. Variation in estimates of urinary incontinence prevalence in the community: effects of differences in definition, population characteristics, and study type. J Am Geriatr Soc 46 (1998) 473-480
14. Holroyd-Leduc J.M., Tannenbaum C., Thorpe K.E., and Straus S.E. What type of urinary incontinence does this woman have?. JAMA 299 (2008) 1446-1456
15. Horrocks S., Somerset M., Stoddart H., and Peters T.J. What prevents older people from seeking treatment for urinary incontinence?. A qualitative exploration of barriers to the use of community continence services. Fam Pract 21 (2004) 689-696
16. Swanson J.G., Kaczorowski J., Skelly J., and Finkelstein M. Urinary incontinence: common problem among women over 45. Can Fam Physician 51 (2005) 84-85
17. Thom D.H., Nygaard I.E., and Calhoun E.A. Urologic Diseases in American project: urinary incontinence in women-national trends in hospitalizations, office visits, treatment and economic impact. J Urol 173 (2005) 1295-1301