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| Prevalence and severity of urinary incontinence in older African American and Caucasian women | | Author(s) | Nancy H Fultz, A Regula Herzog, Trivellore E Raghunathan |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 54A, no 6, June 1999 |
| Pages | pp M299-303 |
| Keywords | Incontinence ; Older women ; Black people ; White people ; Measurement ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Few studies have investigated the prevalence and severity of urinary incontinence in older African American women. Comparison of findings with those for older Caucasian women could provide important clues to the aetiology of urinary incontinence and be used in planning screening programmes and treatment services. Data are from the first wave of the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) study. A nationally representative sample of non-institutionalised older people aged 70 and over was interviewed. African Americans were over-sampled to ensure sufficient minority respondents to compare findings across racial groups. A statistically significant relationship was found between race and urinary incontinence in the previous year. 23.02% of the Caucasian women reported incontinence, compared with 16.17% of African Americans. Other factors that appear to increase the likelihood of incontinence include education, age, functional and sensory impairment, stroke, body mass, and reporting by a proxy. Race was not related to severity (as measured by frequency) of urine loss among incontinent older women. This study identifies or confirms important risk factors for self-reported urinary incontinence. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990826202 A |
| Classmark | CTM: BD: TKE: TKA: 3R: 7T |
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