Urinary Incontinence Prevalence: Results From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Abstract

Race/ethnicity differences exist in self-reported urinary incontinence. While self-reported urinary incontinence is prevalent in United States community dwelling women regardless of racial background, the odds of pure stress incontinence are at least 2.5-fold higher in white and Mexican-American women than in black women.

The prevalence of urinary incontinence and its burden on the quality of life among older adults with medicare supplement insurance

“…Medicare managed care), UI was common in this study of Medigap insureds, with an overall prevalence of 37.4% [1,3]. Demographic, socioeconomic, and clinical predictors of UI were largely consistent with past reports, notably for advancing age, female gender, history of stroke, heart disease, prostate cancer in men, arthritis, higher BMI in women, and white race/ethnicity [7,[26][27][28]. Higher education was associated with an increased likelihood of UI in this study.…”

Stem Cell Therapy for Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Critical Review

“…Approximately 50% of women older than 20 years have reported UI symptoms, and *50% of these reporting patients are classified as having the stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The remaining patients are classified as having either the urge type of UI (UUI, 16%) or mixed type (both SUI and UUI, 34%) [4]. UUI, defined as the involuntary loss of urine associated with a strong sensation to void, is related to detrusor overactivity (motor urgency) and hypersensitivity (sensory urgency).…”

Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence and Probable Risk Factors in a Sample of Kurdish Women = معدل إنتشار سلس البول و عوامل الخطورة المحتملة بين مجموعة من النساء الكرديات

“…This is significant as race/ethnicity differences exist in selfreported incontinence. 17,18 However, it is unknown how ethnic differences affect UI prevalence in young women. Further research should be conducted in a larger sample size of young Kurdish females to correlate the risk factors, as the sample size in this study (n = 43) was too small for this purpose.…”