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| Mortality in relation to urinary and faecal incontinence in elderly people living at home | | Author(s) | Noriyuki Nakanishi, Kozo Tatara, Fumiaki Shinsho |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 28, no 3, May 1999 |
| Pages | pp 301-306 |
| Keywords | Incontinence ; Faecal incontinence ; Death rate [statistics] ; Living in the community ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; Japan. |
| Annotation | Several studies have shown a significant relationship between incontinence and mortality by univariate life-table analyses. The present analysis was undertaken to determine whether incontinence was predictive of mortality in a community-living older population. A random sample of 1,405 people aged 65 and over in Settsu city, Osaka, Japan in October 1992 was contacted; follow-up for 42 months was completed for 1318 (93.8%, 1129 alive, 189 dead). Data on general health status, history of health management, psychosocial conditions and urinary and faecal incontinence were collected by interviews at home. From the Kaplan-Meier analysis, the estimated survival rates decreased with a decline in continence in both the 65-74 and 75 and older age groups. Cox proportional hazards model and multivariate analysis were also used to analyse the results. Statistically significant factors associated with mortality were: male sex, age over 75, poor general health, severe incontinence, no use of health checks, no daily preventive health practices, and no participation in social activities. Incontinence in older people living at home has appreciable effects on mortality; the mortality rate is increased with severity of incontinence. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990715215 A |
| Classmark | CTM: CTMF: S5: K4: 49: 3J: 7DT |
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