BACKGROUND Urinary incontinence, the involuntary loss of urine severe enough to have adverse social or hygienic consequences, is a major clinical problem and a significant cause of disability and dependency. At least 10 million adults in the US suffer from urinary incontinence, including an estimated 15 to 30 percent of community-dwelling older persons. In spite of its high rate of occurrence, ...

AIM The objective of this study is to determine whether a simple visual analogue scale; "incontinence bothersome scale (IBS)" can reliably assess the quality of life in women with urinary incontinence. DESIGN A prospective cohort study in a UK district general hospital. METHODS Two hundreds women with urinary incontinence participated in the study over 1-year period. They completed Kings he...

The prevalence of urinary incontinence is around 20% of healthy middle-aged women. Incontinence causes a negative impact on the quality of life and sexuality. From August 2002 to January 2004, 30 patients (mean age 43 years) with stress urinary incontinence (59%), overactive bladder (15%) and mixed incontinence (26%) answered the ICIQ-SF(International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnarie-...

INTRODUCTION Little is known about the impact of surgery for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) on female sexual function, and results are conflicting. AIMS We aimed to clarify the impact of surgery for SUI on female sexual function. METHODS We analyzed data collected from two studies evaluating sexual function in women after placement of the tension-free vaginal tape, tension-free vaginal t...

OBJECTIVE We investigated the impact of menopausal status on urinary continence following abdominal sacrocolpopexy (ASC) without an anti-incontinence procedure in continent women. METHODS We conducted a clinical follow-up study of 137 patients diagnosed with stage 3 or higher pelvic organ prolapse (POP) without urinary incontinence between January 2012 and December 2014. Patients were provide...

There have been occasional reports of female stress incontinence related to prazosin therapy for hypertension. This drug is now rarely used but recently longer acting alpha-adrenoceptor blocking drugs have been introduced. We have, therefore, investigated the prevalence of urinary incontinence in all our female patients who were receiving alpha-adrenoceptor blockers in comparison with women, ma...

To determine the prevalence of urinary incontinence and other urinary symptoms a questionnaire was sent to all women aged 25 and over and to women under 21 taking oral contraceptives registered with a rural practice (n = 937); the questionnaire was completed by 833 women (89%). The overall prevalence of urinary incontinence was 41% (343/833); rates were lower in nulliparous and postmenopausal w...

OBJECTIVES To report our experience of transvaginal diverticulectomy with pubovaginal sling placement in a series of 32 women with recurrent urethral pseudodiverticula. METHODS A total of 32 women underwent surgical repair from January 2000 to June 2007. Of the 32 women, 12 had undergone other concomitant previous urethral surgery, predominantly for stress urinary incontinence. Transvaginal e...

PURPOSE A relationship between childhood urinary symptoms and adult lower urinary tract symptoms in women is often clinically suspected. In this analysis we investigated the relationship between childhood and adult urinary symptoms in middle-aged women. MATERIALS AND METHODS A population based cohort of 2,109 women 40 to 69 years old who were members of a large health maintenance organization...

OBJECTIVE To assess the risk factors for urinary incontinence among Taiwanese women. MATERIALS AND METHODS A sample of 4,549 women was selected using a multistage random sampling protocol. The women selected were interviewed face-to-face by well-trained interviewers. The usual risk factors, which included marital status, age, body mass index, menstrual status, alcohol intake, drug allergy, di...