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| Medically recognised urinary incontinence and risks of hospitalization, nursing home admission and mortality | | Author(s) | David H Thom, Mary N Haan, Stephen K Van Den Eeden |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 26, no 5, September 1997 |
| Pages | pp 367-374 |
| Keywords | Incontinence ; Admission [hospitals] ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Death. |
| Annotation | This study examined the relationship between several medical conditions and the subsequent diagnosis of urinary incontinence over a 9-year period in two cohorts of older men and women. It also assessed urinary incontinence as an independent risk factor for hospitalisation, nursing home admission, and total mortality. Results show that there was an increased risk of newly recognised urinary incontinence following a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, dementia, stroke, depression and congestive heart failure in both men and women. Urinary incontinence was found to increase the risk of hospitalisation and nursing home admission independently of age, gender, and the risk of other disease conditions, but was found to have little effect on mortality. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971125405 A |
| Classmark | CTM: LD:QKH: LHB:QKH: CW |
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