Factors Associated with Women's Decisions to Seek Treatment for Urinary Incontinence

Kinchen, Kraig; Burgio, Kathryn L.; Diokno, Ananias C.; Fultz, Nancy H.; Bump, Richard C.; Obenchain, Robert L.

doi:10.1089/154099903322404339

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“…In other similar study, the reported prevalence was 21.87%. [13][14][15] Prevalence of various types of incontinence in our studies, were similar to the study conducted by Kumari et al, who reported the overall prevalence of UI as 12%, among whom 46% had stress incontinence, 26% had urge, and 28% had mixed type. 14 In another study, the prevalence of stress, mixed, and urge type was 16.13%, 3.67%, and 2.07%, respectively.…”

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An observational study of effect on quality of life in perimenopausal females suffering from urinary incontinence

Mathur

Soni

2016

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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An observational study of effect on quality of life in perimenopausal females suffering from urinary incontinence

Mathur

Soni

2016

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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“…The reason for the lack of care seeking in Ն50% of women with incontinence [5][6][7][8] remains puzzling, as the majority of women in our study understood that inherent difficulties with their pelvic floor or bladder contributed to their incontinence. It may be that even though women understand that damage to the pelvic floor or bladder is related to UI, they are not aware that effective treatments exist when this damage has occurred.…”

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“…3,4 Despite these effects, half or fewer of women with incontinence discuss their UI with a healthcare provider. [5][6][7][8] Even when healthcare providers are consulted, there are surprisingly low rates of treatment of women with leakage symptoms. 5,9,10 Studies on why women do not seek treatment for UI have identified potential reasons, such as embarrassment, viewing it as a normal part of aging, feeling that they can cope on their own, and having low expectations of benefit from treatment.…”

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Women's Perceptions about the Etiology of Urinary Incontinence

Melville

Wagner

Fan

et al. 2008

Journal of Women's Health

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Objective: Incontinent women have low rates of care seeking and treatment, some of which may be explained by their beliefs about the causes of their own urine loss. As little is known about these beliefs, our aim was to qualitatively assess what women perceive as the etiology of their urinary incontinence (UI). Methods: In a written survey on urinary symptoms administered to female HMO enrollees aged 30-90 years, incontinent women were asked the open-ended question: "Why do you think you lose urine?" Qualitative analyses of the responses identified themes, which were quantified and organized into major categories. Subjects were assigned multiple themes/categories as indicated. Relationships between major categories and subject/incontinence characteristics were explored. Results: Of the 1458 women with incontinence who completed the survey, 1192 (82%) responded to the openended question. Qualitative analyses identified 23 themes, with 5 themes cited by Ն10% of subjects: pelvic floor/bladder muscles (31%), pregnancy/childbirth (18%), age (14%), exertional triggers (12%), and waiting too long to void (10%). The 23 themes were organized into 5 major categories: pelvic floor/bladder related (53%), uncontrollable factors (23%), part of being female (21%), personal/lifestyle attributes (21%), and don't know (12%). Subjects expressed a range of 1-4 themes/categories. Major categories differed by age, and significant associations were seen between major categories and incontinence severity. Conclusions: Women attribute their UI to a number of causes, which can be condensed into workable themes and categories. By understanding women's beliefs about the etiology of incontinence, clinicians may improve their ability to educate, counsel, and treat women with incontinence.

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“…23,24 Most of other studies in which stress insentience was commonest type. 25,26 In our study, the total prevalence of OAB was 39%. Of these 50.1% (176) reported that their sexual life is spoilt by OABS, 16.8% (59) of the women had to restrict their daily activities, 37.0% (130) reported their OABS affected their physical activities and 54.4% (191) said they affected their social life.…”

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Prevalence of overactive bladder symptoms and urinary incontinence in a tertiary care hospital in Egypt

Bahloul

Abbas

Abo-Elhagag

et al. 2017

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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INTRODUCTIONThe overactive bladder (OAB) is a highly prevalent disorder that impacts the lives of millions of people worldwide. Despite its high prevalence, many sufferers do not seek medical attention and are not aware that OAB is treatable.1 Micturation disorders are responsible for increased morbidity throughout the world. This morbidity ranges from worrisome symptoms to life-threatening renal failure. Disturbances in voiding may sign neurological, metabolic, inflammatory, or infectious diseases. Voiding dysfunction may also arise from injury, outlet obstruction, structure changes in the bladder and urethra or loss of their supporting structures with aging. 2Research on urinary storage problems has focused on incontinence in women, but during last years, other urinary storage problems (urgency, frequency, and nocturia) has commanded attention worldwide.3 The prevalence of OAB is variable ranging from 3% to 43%, depending on the population assessed and the definition used. 4 The prevalence of OAB increase with age because of neurological and musculoskeletal effects, degenerative ABSTRACT Background: The current study aims to estimate the prevalence of Overactive bladder (OAB) and urinary incontinence (UI) among women attending Assiut Woman's Health Hospital. Additionally, to explore the impact of UI and OAB on The Quality of Life (QOL) of women. Methods: A population-based survey included participants aged 18 years and older selected from Assiut Woman's Health Hospital and received The Bristol Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Questionnaire (BFLUTSQ). OAB was defined in to two versions using the international continence society (ICS) definition of 2002 as either urgency sometimes or more alone (OAB1) or urgency sometimes or more with frequency more than eight times per day and /or nocturia once or more per night (OAB2). Incontinence and other LUTS were positive if answer scores ≥2 to BFLUTSQ question for incontinence and other LUTS. Results: The total prevalence of OAB was 39.0% (351 women). The prevalence of OAB dry and OAB wet was 26% (234 women) and 13% (117 women), respectively, which suggested that 66.7% suffer from OAB dry and 33.3% suffer from OAB wet. The prevalence of dry OAB is significantly higher than wet OAB. The overall prevalence of UI was 22.2% (201 women). The prevalence of stress UI, urge UI and mixed UI was 5.7%, 5.1% and 11.4%, respectively. Conclusions: OAB symptoms and UI are highly prevalent. Furthermore, both of them have severe effects on daily and sexual life as well as being related to psychological symptoms such as anxiety and depression.

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Factors Associated with Women's Decisions to Seek Treatment for Urinary Incontinence

Cited by 237 publications

References 28 publications

An observational study of effect on quality of life in perimenopausal females suffering from urinary incontinence

An observational study of effect on quality of life in perimenopausal females suffering from urinary incontinence

Women's Perceptions about the Etiology of Urinary Incontinence

Prevalence of overactive bladder symptoms and urinary incontinence in a tertiary care hospital in Egypt

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