Differences in Physical Health, Social Interaction, and Personal Adjustment Between Continent and Incontinent Homebound Aged Women

Breakwell, Susan; Walker, Susan Noble

doi:10.1207/s15327655jchn0501_4

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“…Research has shown that urinary incontinence affects a woman's self-esteem and social activities (Herzog, Fultz, Brock, Brown, & Diokno, 1988;Mitteness, 1990;Breakwell & Walker, 1988). In general, psychological wellbeing and life satisfaction decline with increasing severity of UI as confirmed in Samuelsson, Victor and Tibblin's (1997) population-based survey of 491 women which showed that the incontinent subgroup of women shared significantly lower age-adjusted scores on the Gothenburg Quality of Life instrument in the areas of health, sleep, fitness and satisfaction with work.…”

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Urinary Incontinence in Working Women: An Exploratory Study

et al. 1999

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Women who work for a large academic center were surveyed about urinary incontinence. The response rate was 57%. Of the 1113 usable questionnaires, 232 (21%) indicated that urinary incontinence occurred at least monthly. The average age of incontinent women was 45 years (SD = 10 years). Incontinent women were significantly older and had a higher body mass index than continent women. There were also ethnic differences between incontinent and continent groups, although ethnicity was not a predictor of incontinence. Only a third of the women thought incontinence was an important problem to resolve and 46% reported incontinence to their physician or nurse. Forty percent reported that they did not know if the incontinence could be improved, but 81% wanted to learn more about incontinence.

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Urinary Incontinence in Working Women: An Exploratory Study

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“…Relationships with family members are also affected [5]. Furthermore, incontinent women also suffer from significant anxiety and depression [6].…”

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Changing prevalence and knowledge of urinary incontinence among Hong Kong Chinese women

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A territory-wide telephone survey was conducted in Hong Kong to assess the prevalence, knowledge, and treatment-seeking behaviour of Chinese women with urinary incontinence, using validated Chinese version of Urogenital Distress Inventory (UDI-6) and Incontinence Impact Questionnaire (IIQ-7). Women, 540, aged between 17 to 77 years were interviewed. Of the respondents, 40.8% reported stress urinary incontinence, 20.4% had urge incontinence and 15.9% had mixed incontinence. Among these, 16.0% reported quality of life impairment; 9.3% felt frustrated with low morale, and 15.2% had nervous and anxiety problems. However, as many as 78.3% of the respondents did not know that stress urinary incontinence is a disease entity, and 60.6% thought that leakage of urine was a normal aging process. For those respondents having stress urinary incontinence, the first treatment of choice was physiotherapy. The second choice was medication, and surgical treatment was the last option. Respondents with stress urinary incontinence showed higher education level.

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“…Research has also demonstrated that UI affects women's self-esteem and social activities and an ability to maintain an active lifestyle (Herzog, Fultz, Brock, Brown & Diokno, 1988;Mitteness, 1990;Breakwell & Walker, 1988). In general, quality of life, psychological well-being, and life satisfaction decline with increasing severity of UI (Samuelsson, Victor & Tibblin, 1997).…”

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confidence: 99%