Trial reportHealth and quality of life outcomes2012
Severity, not type, is the main predictor of decreased quality of life in elderly women with urinary incontinence: a population-based study as part of a randomized controlled trial in primary care.
Trial report in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04117126 (Efficacy of Prompted Voiding Therapy for Reverse the Urinary Incontinence Status in Elderly Patients Hospitalized in a Functional Recovery Ward.), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Efficacy of Prompted Voiding Therapy for Reverse the Urinary Incontinence Status in Elderly Patients Hospitalized in a Functional Recovery Ward.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Development of a knowledge, attitude and practice questionnaire on urine leakage with an indwelling urethral catheter for nurses in China.Nursing open · 2023Pooled it
- Randomized controlled trial comparing mini-sling with transobturator sling for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.International urogynecology journal · 2020Trial
- Treatment Gaps in Women Aged 65 Years and Older with Stress or Stress-Predominant Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Age-Stratified Patterns of Active Therapy, Containment Use, Frailty, and Anxiety.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Observational
- Assessing Quality of Life Among Women with Urinary Incontinence-Medical, Psychological, and Sociodemographic Determinants.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Assessing Quality-of-Life of Patients Taking Mirabegron for Overactive Bladder.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2023Review
- Predicting response to a community-based educational workshop on incontinence among community-dwelling older women: Post hoc analysis of the CACTUS-D trial.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2021Article
- Pelvic floor dysfunction distress is correlated with quality of life, but not with muscle function.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2021Article
- The Impact of Urinary Incontinence on Quality of Life: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Metropolitan City of Naples.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Mirabegron, alone and in combination, in the treatment of overactive bladder: real-world evidence and experience.Therapeutic advances in urology · 2018Review
- The validity and responsiveness of the ICECAP-A capability-well-being measure in women with irritative lower urinary tract symptoms.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2016Article
- The health-related quality of life of Chinese patients with lower urinary tract symptoms in primary care.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundUrinary incontinence negatively influences the lives of 25-50% of elderly women, mostly due to feelings of shame and being limited in activities and social interactions. This study explores whether differences exist between types of urinary incontinence (stress, urgency or mixed) and severity of the symptoms, with regard to their effects on generic and condition-specific quality of life.
methodsThis is a cross-sectional study among participants of a randomized controlled trial in primary care. A total of 225 women (aged ≥ 55 years) completed a questionnaire (on physical/emotional impact and limitations) and were interviewed for demographic characteristics and co-morbidity. Least squares regression analyses were conducted to estimate differences between types and severity of urinary incontinence with regard to their effect on quality of life.
resultsMost patients reported mixed urinary incontinence (50.7%) and a moderate severity of symptoms (48.9%). Stress urinary incontinence had a lower impact on the emotional domain of condition-specific quality of life compared with mixed urinary incontinence (r = -7.81). There were no significant associations between the types of urinary incontinence and generic quality of life. Severe symptoms affected both the generic (r = -0.10) and condition-specific (r = 17.17) quality of life.
conclusionsThe effects on condition-specific quality of life domains differ slightly between the types of incontinence. The level of severity affects both generic and condition-specific quality of life, indicating that it is not the type but rather the severity of urinary incontinence that is the main predictor of decreased quality of life.
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