OBJECTIVE To determine whether postmenopausal hormone therapy improves the severity of urinary incontinence. METHODS We included measures of incontinence and voiding frequency in the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study, a randomized, blinded trial of the effect of hormone therapy among 2763 postmenopausal women younger than 80 years with coronary disease and intact uteri. This repo...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether the menopausal transition is associated with worsening of urinary incontinence symptoms over 6 years in midlife women. METHODS We analyzed data from 2,415 women who reported monthly or more incontinence in self-administered questionnaires at baseline and during the first six annual follow-up visits (1995-2002) of the prospective cohort Study of Women's Health Acr...

AIMS Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the commonest autosomal recessive disorder in Caucasians. With advancing medical technology, the life expectancy has more than double in the last twenty years. This has led to new unforeseen health problems like urinary incontinence. The aim was to establish the prevalence, symptomatic typology, and quality of life impact of incontinence in a population of women wit...

Urinary incontinence occurs with alarming frequency in dogs, particularly in spayed females. Retrospective studies have reported that the incidence of urinary incontinence in dogs following ovariohysterectomy ranges from 13.6% to 20.1%. The significance of urinary incontinence in an indoor pet cannot be underestimated, as the problem can often lead to euthanasia due to repeated house soiling. T...

Background Urinary incontinence is a common condition defined as an involuntary leakage of urine. Women are twice as likely to be affected as men, and prevalence increases with age. The severity of incontinence affects quality of life and treatment decisions. The types of urinary incontinence include stress, urge, overflow, functional, and post-prostatectomy incontinence. Nonsurgical treatment ...

BACKGROUND Fecal incontinence is highly prevalent in the general population and especially in risk groups. Obesity is also common and is associated with comorbidities that impair general health and interfere with daily activities. Identifying mutable factors for fecal incontinence, such as stool consistency, is of paramount importance to improve quality of life. OBJECTIVE The aim of this stud...

PURPOSE Although caffeine consumption is common and generally believed to affect bladder function, little is known about caffeine intake and incident urinary incontinence. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a prospective cohort study in 65,176 women 37 to 79 years old without incontinence in the Nurses' Health Study and the Nurses' Health Study II. Incident incontinence was identified from qu...

OBJECTIVE To assess the role of anal sphincter damage following delivery in the development of anorectal complaints and urinary incontinence, and to identify obstetric factors associated with subsequent fecal incontinence. METHODS The retrospective cohort study with matched controls used a postal questionnaire and analysis of delivery and operation records from all women who underwent primary...

Our goals were to investigate urinary incontinence type and characteristics, and to explore the affecting factors on I-QOL among women living in Jeju. Data were collected via surveys administered by visiting nurses: Incontinence types were as follows: stress urinary incontinence, 25.2%; urge incontinence, 29.3%; mixed urinary type, 45.5%. In the stepwise multiple regression analysis, present UI...

BACKGROUND It is important to determine the relative importance of urinary incontinence in terms of its prevalence and how it affects the quality of life of women. AIM To characterize urinary incontinence and factors associated with it in women aged over 30 years. MATERIAL AND METHODS A survey about urinary incontinence and associated factors was answered by 289 women aged 30 to 81 years, a...