A longitudinal investigation of the impact of typology of urinary incontinence on quality of life during midlife: results from a British prospective study

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 -