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Self-care practices used by older men and women to manage urinary incontinence — results from the National Follow-up Survey on Self-Care and Aging
Author(s)	T M Johnson II, J E Kincade, S L Bernard
Journal title	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 48, no 8, August 2000
Pages	pp 894-902
Keywords	Self care capacity ; Incontinence ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Responses from 787 subjects with urinary incontinence (UI) from the US 1993-1994 National Follow-up Survey of Self-Care and Aging were analysed. Self-care practices used by more than 25% of respondents with UI included using disposable pads, limiting trips, and limiting fluids. More older women with incontinence used disposable pads and performed exercises than did men. Use by older people of self-care practices to manage UI is predicted independently in multivariate models by measures of functional status such as dressing, eating, bathing, instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) or mobility activities of daily living (MADLs), but not by all UI measures. Disposable pad users had increased odds of contacting a doctor, suggesting that self-care practices and formal medical care are not always inversely related. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001020205 A
Classmark	CA: CTM: 3J: 7T
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