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INTERNATIONAL UROGYNECOLOGY JOURNAL
Volume 18, Issue 5, Pages 543-549Publisher
SPRINGER LONDON LTD
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-006-0188-5
Keywords
quality of life; urinary incontinence
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [U01 DK 60393, U01 DK 60380, U01 DK 58225, U01 DK, U01 DK 58229, U01 DK 58231, U01 DK 58234, U01 DK 60401, U01 DK 60397, U01 DK 60379, U01 DK 60395] Funding Source: Medline
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The objective of this study was to identify clinical and demographic factors associated with incontinence-related quality of life (QoL) in 655 women with stress urinary incontinence who elected surgical treatment. The following factors were examined for their association with QoL as measured with the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire (IIQ): number of incontinence (UI) episodes/day; self-reported type of UI symptoms (stress and urge); sexual function as measured by the Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire; symptom bother as measured by the Urogenital Distress Inventory; as well as other clinical and sociodemographic factors. A stepwise least-squares regression analysis was used to identify factors significantly associated with QoL. Lower QoL was related to the greater frequency of stress UI symptoms, increasing severity, greater symptom bother, prior UI surgery or treatment, and sexual dysfunction (if sexually active). Health and sociodemographic factors associated with lower incontinence-related QoL included current tobacco use, younger age, lower socioeconomic status, and Hispanic ethnicity.
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