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...

Urinary incontinence is a major problem for elderly chronic care patients. As a consequence, a high level of nursing care is required for patient management. Because incontinence rehabilitation programs are usually implemented during the day shift, the incidence of incontinence according to time of day has major implications regarding patient management. Although treatment is usually based on s...

Urinary incontinence is a multi-factorial condition that has a high impact on older persons living in nursing homes. While urinary incontinence is common, only a small percentage of nursing home residents have an official diagnosis. Factors influencing urinary incontinence in this population are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of urinary incontinence in N...

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...

Urinary incontinence is a common condition affecting 20 to 40% of older women.1 The two most common types of urinary incontinence are stress incontinence, the involuntary loss of urine resulting from increased abdominal pressures (such as with a cough or Valsalva’s maneuver), and urge incontinence, the involuntary loss of urine after an unwanted contraction of the detrusor muscle.2 Some patient...

Fecal incontinence is defined as the passage of stools in an inappropriate place. This frustrating symptom is a source of considerable distress and embarrassment for the child and his/her family. Pediatric fecal incontinence can be divided into 2 main categories: (1) organic fecal incontinence, e.g., resulting from anorectal malformations or neurogenic abnormalities, and (2) functional fecal in...

The Urinary Incontinence Scales were developed to measure RNs' attitude, belief, practice, and knowledge about urinary incontinence in adults. The purpose of this article is to introduce the scales and discuss their development and testing. These scales include the Urinary Incontinence Attitude Scale, the Urinary Incontinence Belief Scale, the Urinary Incontinence Practice Scale, and the Urinar...

OBJECTIVE For patients with the most common types of urinary incontinence, first line therapy consists of behavioral treatments, such as bladder training and pelvic floor muscle exercises (PME). The patient learns to strengthen the pelvic floor musculature and to better control bladder emptying. Biofeedback itself is not a treatment for urinary incontinence, but can be used as an adjunct to pel...

OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to evaluate the response to sacral neuromodulation in women with refractory, nonobstructive urinary urge incontinence after stress incontinence surgery. STUDY DESIGN We reviewed the medical records of women in whom sacral neuromodulation was performed for worsening or de novo urinary urge incontinence after a stress incontinence procedure. All patients had ...

BACKGROUND To study the prevalence and risk factors of urinary incontinence in tribal women and to assess the treatment seeking behavior of affected women. METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in Khardi, a tribal village, selected by random sampling, in Thane district, Maharashtra, India during the period October 2010 to January 2011. All women aged 20 years and above wer...