title: Urinary and faecal incontinence in community-residing elderly women.
abstract: The prevalence of urinary and faecal incontinence was investigated in a sample of 1049 women aged 60 years and over in the municipality of Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 719 postal histories were completed. The overall prevalence of urinary incontinence was 23.5%. Daily urine loss was reported by 14.0% of all women. In women aged 60 to 84 years and 85 years and over 4.2% and 16.9% were faecally incontinent, respectively. In all age groups poor mobility and frequency were associated with urinary incontinence. Urgency was independently associated in women aged 60-85 years as was nocturia in women aged 85 years and over.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Kok
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Voorhorst
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Burger
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van Houten
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kenemans
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janssens
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D012931:Social Environment; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology