Objective: The aim of the study was to determine risk factors associated with specific subtypes urinary incontinence (UI).
 Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional conducted between September 2013 July 2014. There were 1459 patients included in our study. Of these, 958 women incontinent, 501 continent. Turkish version International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form ...

Patients 222 ambulatory, mentally competent, community dwelling women 55–92 years of age (mean age 65 y) who had persistent (for ≥ 3 mo) urge incontinence or mixed incontinence with urge as the predominant pattern that occurred ≥ 2 times per week (on average) with urodynamic evidence of bladder dysfunction. Exclusion criteria included continual leakage and post-void residual urine volume > 150 ...

Trichotillomania is an irresistible urge to pull out one's hair and this indulgence into actual pulling leading to baldness frequently. It is not yet established as a disease entity separately and usually considered as a manifestation of emotional disturbance (Monroe and Abse 1963) and disturbed interpersonal relationships (Tiling 1975). Some investigators have also observed that this morbid ur...

Overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome occurs when the bladder contracts suddenly without the individual’s control or when the bladder is not full. Symptoms of OAB include a sudden urgent desire to pass urine (urgency), going to the toilet often (frequency), waking up to use the toilet more than once at night (nocturia), and the passing of small quantities of urine before a toilet can be reached whe...

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 ...