[Incidence of postmicturition dribble in adult males in their twenties through fifties].
A survey was conducted to investigate postmicturition dribble in the general adult male population. A questionnaire was sent to 3,034 clerical workers between 20 and 50 years of age living in urban areas of Hokkaido and Tokyo, and it was returned by 2,839 men (93.5). The incidence of postmicturition dribble in the men in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, was 11.5, 13.2, 19.4 and 26.9%, respectively. The overall incidence was 17.1%. Of those who had experienced postmicturition dribble; 14.0% dribbled almost daily but the degree of postmicturition dribble was limited to spotting or wetting of the underwear in 93.2%. Therefore, 2.3% of all respondents answered that they had experienced postmicturition dribble almost daily. It is concluded that postmicturition dribble is fairly common in adult men.
Furuya
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Department of Urology, Furuya Hospital.
Ogura
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H
Tanaka
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M
Masumori
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N
Tsukamoto
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T
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*