中华医学杂志（英文版）2002，Vol.115Issue(1)：119-122,4.
Prevalence and incidence of urinary incontinence in the elderly:
a longitudinal study in South Australia
Prevalence and incidence of urinary incontinence in the elderly:
a longitudinal study in South Australia
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作者信息
- 1. Department of Social Medicine, West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China;Centre for Aging Studies, Flinders University of South Australia, Mark Oliphant Building, Laffer Drive, Bedford Park SA 5042, Australia
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摘要
Abstract
Objective To identify the prevalence, incidence and trend of urinary incontinence in the elderly over a two-year period.
Methods We randomly selected 4187 elderly people using the State Electoral Data Base in South Australia. Questionnaire surveys were conducted in 1992 with a response rate of 53.4%. The following two surveys were conducted 12 and 24 months later. A total of 2087 elderly people completed all three surveys.
Results Urge incontinence had a higher prevalence rate, with 36.6% to 41.6% of the elderly having at least an occasional problem (with 7.5% to 9.6% having problems often), compared to 23.4% to 28.8% having at least an occasional problem with stress incontinence (with 3.3% to 5.0% having problems often). Combined incontinence and urge incontinence were more common than stress incontinence alone. The incidence rates of urge incontinence and stress incontinence were 19.8% (with 3.1% often) and 14.5% (with 1.9% often), respectively. The trends toward incontinence during the two-year period indicated increasing trends in the elderly.
Conclusion Urinary incontinence is an important health problem in the elderly and our data show that it has an increasing trend for future.关键词
urinary incontinence/elderly/prevalence/incidenceKey words
urinary incontinence/elderly/prevalence/incidence分类
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..Prevalence and incidence of urinary incontinence in the elderly:
a longitudinal study in South Australia[J].中华医学杂志（英文版）,2002,115(1):119-122,4.
