title: The effects of urinary incontinence in women.
abstract: Urinary incontinence has usually been assessed in the laboratory and no previous attempt has been made to measure the degree and extent of restrictions which are imposed on the individual. A scale was developed to measure the effect of being incontinent. This scale was derived from a questionnaire administered to women attending a urodynamic clinic. In these patients, all of whom had established urinary incontinence, the major problems encountered were in social and mental well-being, including sexual difficulties and embarrassment. The degree of incontinence did not co-relate with the degree of disability.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003020:Clothing; D004651:Employment; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009812:Odorants; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology; D012752:Shame; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D014937:Work