Urinary incontinence imposes a significant financial burden on individuals, their families,
and healthcare organizations. For individuals 65 years of age and older these costs are …

OBJECTIVE: To document prevalence of mild, moderate, and severe urinary incontinence
among ethnically diverse perimenopausal women, identify risk factors, and assess the effect …

Urinary incontinence is a significant health problem with considerable social and economic
impact. It is important to distinguish between prevalence and incidence with regard to …

Purpose: We compared the prevalence of urinary incontinence by type among white, black,
Hispanic and Asian-American women. Materials and Methods: The RRISK is a population …

Methods: One hundred forty-nine nulliparas were studied once during pregnancy and again
about 9 weeks after delivery by means of questionnaire, clinical examination, perineal …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to better understand the subjective
bothersomeness of stress urinary incontinence symptoms and their impact on the quality of …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the correlates of incontinence in middle-aged women and to test
for an association between incontinence and depression. METHODS: This was a population …

Objectives: To investigate the impact of urinary incontinence (UI) on health-related quality of
life (QOL), as measured by the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36) and to …

Most epidemiologic studies of urine leakage in the United States report on women and
White populations. In this study, the authors determined the prevalence of urine leakage …

OBJECTIVE: Incontinence‐specific and generic measures of well‐being were regressed on
potential predictors to identify incontinent respondents at risk for psychosocial distress and …