AIMS Firstly, to investigate the association between depression, anxiety and urinary incontinence (UI) in a 10-year longitudinal study of women. Secondly, to investigate the association between possible differences in the stress- and urgency components of UI and different severities of depression and anxiety by age groups. METHODS In a longitudinal, population-based survey study, the EPINCONT...

PURPOSE Urinary incontinence (UI) following prostate radiotherapy is a rare toxicity that adversely affects a patient's quality of life. This study sought to evaluate the incidence of UI following stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for prostate cancer. METHODS Between February, 2008 and October, 2010, 204 men with clinically localized prostate cancer were treated definitively with SBR...

AIMS To evaluate the variability of 24-hour urinary iodine (UI) excretion intra- and interindividually on three days of a week in healthy subjects, living in southern Brazil, and the correlation among the urinary excretion of iodine and sodium. METHODS Cross-sectional study, including 47 volunteers: 18 individuals with one, 15 individuals with two and 14 individuals with three 24-hour urine s...

PURPOSE Urinary incontinence (UI) has substantial and important impacts on quality of life (QoL). The purpose of this study was to identify the associated risk factors of QoL in middle-aged women with UI. METHODS The participants were 127 women aged 40-64 years who experienced UI. Data were collected from October to November, 2008 using a self-reported questionnaires. The data were analyzed t...

PURPOSE To validate the Persian version of the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF) as a standard questionnaire for assessment of urinary incontinence (UI). MATERIALS AND METHODS After translation and back translation of the questionnaire, the harmonized translation was pre-tested in a pilot study on 28 patients. The final Persi...

Unemployment insurance (UI) sanctions in the form of bene t reductions are intended to set disincentives for UI recipients to stay unemployed. Empirical evidence about the e ects of UI sanctions in Germany is missing. Using administrative data we investigate the e ects of sanctions on the reemployment probability in West Germany for a period before the Hartz reforms. By applying a matching appr...

Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common problem for women of all ages. Associated with poor self-reported health, UI may have a negative effect on women's lifestyle and quality of life. Because UI is not commonly discussed between women or between women and their care providers, the extent of its impact on their lives is not fully understood. This study provides insight into how a woman's perceiv...

This article presents a quarter-rate source-synchronous PAM-4 receiver for energy-efficient chip-to-module communication. A novel single-stage multiple peaking continuous-time linear equalizer (MP-CTLE) using feedback enabled scheme both high-frequency equalization (HF-EQ) and low-frequency (LF-EQ) is proposed to improve the BER performance overall energy efficiency. The LF-EQ of MP-CTLE elimin...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the extent of persistent urinary incontinence (UI) 12 years after birth, and association with delivery-mode history and other factors. DESIGN Twelve-year longitudinal cohort study. SETTING Maternity units in Aberdeen, Birmingham, and Dunedin. POPULATION Women who returned questionnaires 3 months and 12 years after index birth. METHODS Data on all births over a p...

OBJECTIVE A group of healthy females were randomly sampled in Shanghai for the purpose of evaluating the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) among Chinese women and its associated risk factors. METHODS 5,467 registered female residents aged from 20 years were randomly sampled from four communities in Shanghai, and the Bristol Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Questionnaire (the Internat...