1999
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1999.780613.x
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The prevalence of urinary incontinence and its influence on the quality of life in women from an urban Swedish population

Abstract: Although urinary incontinence was a prevalent condition, particularly among the elderly and had a negative influence on the quality of life, only a small number of women had sought medical care.

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“…Mixed urinary incontinence was considered to be the complaint that most negatively interfered with quality of life in this population sample (p<0.0001). This is corroborated by the results from an epidemiological study on urinary incontinence performed in Sweden by Simenova et al 13 Patients who were using pads also had worse impact on their quality of life than those who did not use such protection (p<0.0001). This result is similar to what was found in the validation of the KHQ for Portuguese.…”
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“…Mixed urinary incontinence was considered to be the complaint that most negatively interfered with quality of life in this population sample (p<0.0001). This is corroborated by the results from an epidemiological study on urinary incontinence performed in Sweden by Simenova et al 13 Patients who were using pads also had worse impact on their quality of life than those who did not use such protection (p<0.0001). This result is similar to what was found in the validation of the KHQ for Portuguese.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 78%
“…Corroborando com os estudos que relatam entre 23% a 94,2% das mulheres incontinentes, tanto na população geral como trabalhadora, não procuram atendimento médico (3,7,9,13) .…”
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“…Além disso, o desconhecimento de alguns profissionais da saúde sobre os benefícios do tratamento ou a dificuldade na realização do diagnóstico da IU agrava o problema (3) .…”
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