PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to review studies that have examined the quality of life of women with urinary incontinence. MATERIALS AND METHODS A review was conducted that used the databases PubMED, Proquest, CINAHL, and Sciencedirect. Articles were included that were published in English between 2005 and 2010 the key words use were urinary incontinence, women, and quality of life. ...

Key content: • Women with urinary incontinence have a significantly poorer quality of life than their continent counterparts. • Between 25–50% of women with urinary incontinence experience sexual dysfunction. • Urinary incontinence commonly leaves the sufferer with psychological morbidity, particularly depression. • Women with an overactive bladder are likely to suffer greater psychological dis...

The actual conditions of urinary incontinence in 101 patients with senile dementia (23 men and 78 women, average age 80 years) and their urinary control was studied. The three categories of 1) dementia severity, 2) activity of daily living and 3) degree of urinary incontinence, were each divided into five grades and the patients were evaluated accordingly. The correlation among the grades was s...

[Purpose] This study examined the effect of belly dancing on the urinary incontinence-related muscles and vaginal pressure in middle-aged women to provide fundamental data for establishing an effective training program focusing on mitigating and preventing urinary incontinence. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects included 24 middle-aged women, who have been diagnosed with urinary incontinence. ...

QUESTION Is urinary incontinence associated with falls in community-dwelling older people? DESIGN A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies investigating falls and urinary incontinence. PARTICIPANTS Community-dwelling older people. OUTCOME MEASURES Falls rather than fracture or injury, and any type of urinary incontinence. RESULTS Odds ratios of nine studies were in...

Around 1.5% of adults in Europe and the USA have urge urinary incontinence (involuntary leakage immediately preceded or accompanied by urgency) (Abrams 2003; Irwin 2006). This is usually due to overactive bladder syndrome (defined as urgency, with or without urge incontinence, and usually with frequency and nocturia) (Abrams 2003). The symptoms of an overactive bladder are thought to be due to ...

OBJECTIVE to determine the positive predictive value of clinical history in comparison with urodynamic study for the diagnosis of urinary incontinence. METHODS retrospective analysis comparing clinical history and urodynamic evaluation of 1,179 women with urinary incontinence. The urodynamic study was considered the gold standard, whereas the clinical history was the new test to be assessed. ...

Background: Women spend more than One – third of their life in postmenstrual period and more than 50% of them have urogenital problems in this period. The most common type of urinary incontinence in women is stress urinary incontinence and middle aged women are the most affected persons. Materials and methods: We treated 93 menopaused women during 3 months. There were three groups and each gro...

Around 1.5% of adults in Europe and the USA have urge urinary incontinence (involuntary leakage immediately preceded or accompanied by urgency) (Abrams 2003; Irwin 2006). This is usually due to overactive bladder syndrome (defined as urgency, with or without urge incontinence, and usually with frequency and nocturia) (Abrams 2003). The symptoms of an overactive bladder are thought to be due to ...