Dietary caffeine, fluid intake and urinary incontinence in older rural women.
Forty-one women completed the first phase (self-monitoring) of the Behavioral Management for Continence (BMC) intervention, while working with a nurse during home visits to reduce involuntary urine loss as part of the parent study involving older, rural women living at home. A decrease in dietary caffeine intake and an increase in fluid intake were most frequently recommended. The relationship between a decrease in the amount of dietary caffeine consumed and fewer daytime episodes of involuntary urine loss approached significance -P = 0.0744- whereas an increase in the average amount of fluid intake was significantly related to an increase in the average volume of urine voided -P = 0.0479- and not to involuntary urine loss.
Tomlinson
B U
BU
School of Nursing, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu 96813, USA.
Dougherty
M C
MC
Pendergast
J F
JF
Boyington
A R
AR
Coffman
M A
MA
Pickens
S M
SM
D000368:Aged; D002110:Caffeine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004326:Drinking; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D012424:Rural Population; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*
D002110:Caffeine