ArticleAmerican journal of obstetrics and gynecology2013
The association between urinary and fecal incontinence and social isolation in older women.
Article in American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03166150 (Urinary Incontinence, Mobility & Muscle Function in Older Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Urinary Incontinence, Mobility & Muscle Function in Older Women: Functional Assessment and Muscle Evaluation Through Exercise (FAME) Trial
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Association of urinary incontinence and depression or anxiety: a meta-analysis.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Pooled it
- Tibial nerve stimulation compared with sham to reduce incontinence in care home residents: ELECTRIC RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2021Trial
- A 12-Month Clinical Durability of Effectiveness and Safety Evaluation of a Vaginal Bowel Control System for the Nonsurgical Treatment of Fecal Incontinence.Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgeryTrial
- Associations between sarcopenia, lower urinary tract symptoms, and urinary incontinence-related anxiety in community-dwelling older women: a cross-sectional study.World journal of urology · 2026Article
- Gender Disparities in the Prevalence, Trends, and Determinants of Later-Life Urinary Incontinence: A Disproportionate Burden on Women.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2026Article
- Urinary incontinence management in Chinese primary health institutions: findings from a regional survey.PeerJ · 2026Article
- Association between urinary incontinence and sarcopenic obesity among middle-aged and older Brazilian women.PeerJ · 2026Article
- Social Isolation Among Individuals with Incontinence: A Scoping Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Review
- Social Vulnerability Is Associated With Worse Urinary Incontinence and Quality of Life in Women.Urology · 2025Article
- A large cross sectional study on diaper utilization and beneficial role in outdoor activity and emotions among incontinence elderly people.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Association between bowel movement disorders and depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Female Nurses: Evidence from the Nurse Urinary Related Health Study of China.Journal of nursing management · 2023Article
- The Design of a Prospective Trial to Evaluate the Role of Preoperative Frailty Assessment in Older Women Undergoing Surgery for the Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse: The FASt Supplemental Trial.Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery · 2021Article
- Autonomic Symptoms in Older Adults Are Common and Associated With Health-Related Quality of Life.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Fecal Incontinence and Double Incontinence among Rural Elderly in North China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Early Life Sexual Trauma and Later Life Genitourinary Dysfunction and Functional Disability in Women.Journal of general internal medicine · 2020Article
- Continence: Bowel and Bladder and Physical Function Decline in Women.Current geriatrics reports · 2020Article
- Urinary Incontinence in Women: Modern Methods of Physiotherapy as a Support for Surgical Treatment or Independent Therapy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Urinary/Anal Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Healthy Middle-Aged Iranian Women.Journal of menopausal medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe the association between social isolation and urinary incontinence and fecal incontinence in older women.
methodsWe conducted a secondary database analysis of the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project for women aged 57 to 85 years old. Our primary outcome was self-report of often feeling isolated. We explored self-report of daily urinary incontinence and weekly fecal incontinence. Two logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the association between often feeling isolated and (1) daily urinary incontinence and (2) weekly fecal incontinence.
resultsA total of 1412 women were included in our analysis. Daily urinary incontinence was reported by 12.5% (177/1412) of community-dwelling older women. More women with daily urinary incontinence reported often feeling isolated (6.6%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.3-11.9 vs 2.6%; 95% CI, 1.7-3.5; P = .04) compared with women without daily urinary incontinence. Women with daily urinary incontinence had 3.0 (95% CI, 1.1-7.6) increased odds of often feeling isolated after adjusting for depressive symptoms, age, race, education, and overall health. Weekly fecal incontinence was reported by 2.9% (41/1412) of women. Weekly fecal incontinence and often feeling isolated were associated on univariable analysis (crude odds ratio, 4.6; 95% CI, 1.4-15.1). However, after adjusting for depressive symptoms, age, race, education, and overall health the association between weekly fecal incontinence and often feeling isolated was not significant (adjusted odds ratio, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.1-5.3; P = .65).
conclusionAfter adjusting for confounders, daily urinary incontinence was significantly associated with often feeling isolated. Weekly fecal incontinence was not found to be associated with often feeling isolated on multivariable logistic regression.
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