title: Identifying the risk factors for developing incontinence: can we modify individual risk?
abstract: Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common but often misunderstood problem. Newer treatments are being developed and examined, but prevention of incontinence rarely is addressed in the medical literature. This article reviews the current literature on risk factors for developing UI and raises the question, "Can patient education or nursing intervention reduce the incidence of incontinence by identifying and modifying risk factors?"
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of California-San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luft
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Vriheas-Nichols
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control