One hundred and fifty men with urinary incontinence. I. Demography and medical history.
150 community-living Norwegian men with urinary incontinence were interviewed. They were recruited to the study after responding to a marketing campaign for incontinence aids. Almost 40% of the men had suffered from urinary incontinence for more than 5 years. Anamnestically, 14 had predominantly stress incontinence, 50 had urge incontinence, 54 had mixed incontinence, and 32 were unclassified. The severity was mostly slight or moderate. About 70% had experienced a variety of other medical conditions, many of which may cause or aggravate incontinence. Likewise, 50% took regular medication. 28% had undergone prostatectomy.
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Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology*