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Variation in estimates of urinary incontinence prevalence in the community
— effects of differences in definition, population characteristics, and study type | | Author(s) | David Thom |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 46, no 4, April 1998 |
| Pages | pp 473-480 |
| Keywords | Incontinence ; Living in the community ; Evaluation ; Social surveys ; Literature reviews ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A literature search located all studies published in English reporting the prevalence of urinary incontinence in population-based samples of adults. 21 studies met criteria for inclusion: study size, response rate, type of survey, definition of and prevalence of urinary incontinence by age group and gender, prevalence by type of incontinence (where available). Stratification was used to obtain prevalence estimates specific for age, gender and frequency of incontinence. Data were examined for associations between prevalence and survey type, response rate, year, and location of survey. For older women, estimated prevalence ranged from 17 to 55% (median 35%), and for daily incontinence, 3-17% (median 14%). For older men, prevalence was estimated to be 11-34% (median 17%), and 2-11% reported daily incontinence (median 4%). In middle-aged and younger adults, prevalence was 12-42% (median 24%). Stress incontinence predominated in younger women, whereas urge and mixed incontinence predominated in older women. There was a tendency for studies using in-person interviews to report higher prevalences. Accurate estimates of prevalence of urinary incontinence depends on specifying definitions of interest groups. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980527006 A |
| Classmark | CTM: K4: 4C: 3F: 64A: 7T |
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