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Prevalence, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, and Health-Care Seeking Behaviors of Female Urinary Incontinence: Results From the 4th Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey VI (2007-2009).
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- Gene expression in stress urinary incontinence: a systematic review.International urogynecology journal · 2020Pooled it
- Incontinence-specific quality of life measures used in trials of sling procedures for female stress urinary incontinence: a meta-analysis.International urology and nephrology · 2015Pooled it
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- Clinical Features of Geriatric Syndromes in Older Koreans with Diabetes Mellitus.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2019Article
- The prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms in population aged 40 years or over, in South Korea.Investigative and clinical urology · 2018Article
- Association between Female Urinary Incontinence and Geriatric Health Problems: Results from Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2006).Korean journal of family medicine · 2018Article
- Sociodemographic Factors Related to Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men: A Korean Community Health Survey.International neurourology journal · 2017Article
- Assessing the Readjustable Sling Procedure (Remeex System) for Female Stress Urinary Incontinence With Detrusor Underactivity.International neurourology journal · 2017Article
- Vitamin D and Urinary Incontinence among Korean Women: a Propensity Score-matched Analysis from the 2008-2009 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Journal of Korean medical science · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeThere is a lack of information on female urinary incontinence (UI) in South Korea. We investigated the prevalence, risk factors, quality of life (QoL), and healthcare-seeking behaviors of women with UI.
methodsWe included 9,873 women over the age of 20 years who had participated in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey IV. The condition of UI was defined as answering "yes" to the question "Do you have UI?" Additionally, health care seeking behavior for UI was defined as answering "yes" to "Have you ever been treated for UI?' The EuroQoL-5 Dimension (EQ-5D) descriptive system was used to evaluate QoL.
resultsThe mean age of our sample was 49.7 years. The overall prevalence of UI was 7.9%. The prevalence of UI significantly increased with age. The rate of healthcare-seeking behavior for UI also significantly increased with age. However, the rate of healthcare seeking for UI was significantly lower when compared to the prevalence of UI. In our multivariate analysis, age, body mass index, and marriage were significantly and independently associated with UI. As the severity of all the subscales of EQ-5D increased, the unadjusted odds ratio for UI also increased. After adjusting for potential confounders, the subscales of mobility, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression from the EQ-5D were significantly associated with UI.
conclusionsUI is a common disease and is significantly associated with QoL. Our results suggest the need for developing preventive measures and treatment policies for UI.
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