Urinary Incontinence and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: An Epidemiological Study of Men Aged 45 to 99 Years

Abstract

The prevalence of urinary incontinence and lower urogenital tract symptoms, such as hesitancy, weak stream, dribbling, sensation of incompletely emptied bladder, nocturia, urinary tract infection and impotence, increased linearly with increasing age.

The standardisation of terminology in nocturia: Report from the standardisation sub‐committee of the International Continence Society

“…Studies that have investigated nocturia have varied in their de¢nitions of the condition and its surrounding terminology, and these discrepancies have been highlighted in the literature Weiss & Blaivas, 2000;van Kerrebroeck & Weiss, 1999]. However it is de¢ned, prevalence studies show that nocturia is reported to be a very common condition, a¡ecting particularly older age groups [Chute, 1993;Malmsten, 1997;Swithinbank, 1998]. …”

Nocturia: an overview of evaluation and treatment

“…A questionnaire-based study found the prevalence of nocturia increased from 56% in men > 45 years to nearly 90% of men ≥ 70 years [6]. In a recent meta-analysis, it was found that the majority of elderly men and women experience clinically significant nocturia: 29% to 59.3% in men and 28.3 to 61.5% in women aged ≥ 70 years experienced 2 or more voids per night.…”

Epidemiological aspects of overactive bladder and urge urinary incontinence

“…частота НМ у мужчин значительно меньше, чем у женщин, и находится в пределах от 5 до 9 % [25,26]. Результаты большинства исследова-ний показали преобладание у мужчин ургентно-го НМ (40-80 %), далее по частоте идут смешан-ное НМ (10-30 %) и стрессовое НМ (менее 10 %) [25,27,28].…”