title: Two-year incidence, remission, and change patterns of urinary incontinence in noninstitutionalized older adults.
abstract: In this study, patterns of urinary incontinence, its severity and types were studied by three sequential data collections at annual intervals. The data are from a panel survey of a probability sample of 1,956 noninstitutionalized persons aged 60 and over residing in Washtenaw County, Michigan, who were interviewed in their homes about urine loss. Based on these self-reports, the prevalence of urinary incontinence was 18.9% in men and 37.7% in women. One-year incidence rates of about 20% among women and about 10% among men were found. One-year remission rates were about 12% for women and about 30% for men. When becoming incontinent, respondents were most likely to develop mild incontinence. Those who changed their severity level were most likely to progress from mild to moderate.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Herzog
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Diokno
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Normolle
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Brock
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology