TY - JOUR
T1 - A longitudinal investigation of the impact of typology of urinary incontinence on quality of life during midlife
T2 - results from a British prospective study
AU - Mishra, Gita D.
AU - Croudace, Tim
AU - Cardozo, Linda
AU - Kuh, Diana
N1 - M1 - Article
PY - 2009/12/20
Y1 - 2009/12/20
N2 - Using prospective data from 983 British women born in 1946, the study aims to describe the profiles of symptoms of stress, urge, and severe incontinence, and to relate these to change in quality of life. Based on the longitudinal patterns of symptoms experienced, four groups of women were defined: 'low symptom', 'onset', 'recovering', and 'chronic'. Childhood enuresis was associated with being in the 'chronic' group for urge and severe incontinence. Women in the 'recovering' group for stress incontinence experienced an improvement in the physical health domain (regression coefficient (95% CI): 0.1(0.02, 0.18)) compared with women without symptoms. This relationship existed beyond the effects of ageing, menopausal status, current life stress, and reproductive, lifestyle, and social factors. More research is needed to understand the mechanism that link childhood enuresis to being in the 'chronic' group for urge and severe incontinence.
AB - Using prospective data from 983 British women born in 1946, the study aims to describe the profiles of symptoms of stress, urge, and severe incontinence, and to relate these to change in quality of life. Based on the longitudinal patterns of symptoms experienced, four groups of women were defined: 'low symptom', 'onset', 'recovering', and 'chronic'. Childhood enuresis was associated with being in the 'chronic' group for urge and severe incontinence. Women in the 'recovering' group for stress incontinence experienced an improvement in the physical health domain (regression coefficient (95% CI): 0.1(0.02, 0.18)) compared with women without symptoms. This relationship existed beyond the effects of ageing, menopausal status, current life stress, and reproductive, lifestyle, and social factors. More research is needed to understand the mechanism that link childhood enuresis to being in the 'chronic' group for urge and severe incontinence.
KW - Obstetrics and Gynaecology
KW - Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
U2 - 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.09.015
DO - 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.09.015
M3 - Article
SN - 0378-5122
VL - 64
SP - 246
EP - 248
JO - Maturitas
JF - Maturitas
IS - 4
ER -