Urinary incontinence is a condition where there loss of bladder control and becomes an awkward situation for many. Few patients can have mild symptoms like dribbling urine on coughing or sneezing some might severe they cannot urination has to pass as soon get urge. The prevalence urinary more with increase in age, 5.6% 30’s 39% 70’s, women, 3% 5% young men increasing 11% 34% elderly men. This a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcomes of tension-free vaginal tape in the treatment of primary versus recurrent genuine stress urinary incontinence. METHODS A retrospective, multicenter study of 245 consecutive women who were treated with tension-free vaginal tape for genuine stress urinary incontinence (157 for primary and 88 for recurrent genuine stress urinary incontinence) over a 27-month pe...

BACKGROUND Incontinence and muscle loss are important senior health issues. Nevertheless, there are no available domestic or international studies on the association between urinary incontinence and muscle loss. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between muscle loss and urinary incontinence in elderly Korean woman. METHODS Korean women (1,313) ≥65 years of age whose comp...

Urinary incontinence in women is a common problem. With increasing age its prevalence and severity of its manifestations increase. Among nursing home residents the frequency is between 43 and 77 %, 6 to 10 % of all admissions to nursing homes are due to urinary incontinence. The risk for urinary incontinence among women with cognitive deficits is 1.5- to 3.4-fold higher than for women without m...

INTRODUCTION Few women seek help for urinary incontinence. Subsequently, there may be many women accessing primary care services who would benefit from treatment or advice. If high levels of unexpressed need are present in this population, a more proactive approach to continence management may be appropriate, but the feasibility of this depends on an accurate assessment of the level of unmet ne...

TO THE EDITOR: I read the report by Kang et al regarding “prevalence and predictive factors of fecal incontinence.” In this study, most of fecal incontinence was mild form and related with water or loose stool consistency. The result was consistent with report by Bharucha et al. I believe that bowel disturbance (ie, diarrhea and irritable bowel syndrome) is the most common cause of fecal incont...

OBJECTIVE To identify obstetric and other risk factors for urinary incontinence that occurs during pregnancy or after childbirth. DESIGN Questionnaire survey of women. SETTING Maternity units in Aberdeen (Scotland), Birmingham (England) and Dunedin (New Zealand). POPULATION A total of 3405 primiparous women with singleton births delivered during 1 year. METHODS Questionnaire responses a...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and risk factors for urinary incontinence among different racial/ethnic groups of overweight and obese women with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the Action for Health in Diabetes (Look AHEAD) study, a randomized clinical trial with 2,994 overweight/obese women with type 2 diabetes. RESULTS Weekly ...

BACKGROUND About 40% of all patients with genital prolapse report stress-incontinence. In about half of the 60% patients that do not report stress-incontinence, occult urinary stress-incontinence can be detected. In these patients stress-incontinence is masked due to kinking or compression of the urethra by the prolapse.In case surgical correction is indicated there are two strategies to manage...