title: Urinary incontinence in working women: an exploratory study.
abstract: Women who work for a large academic center were surveyed about urinary incontinence. The response rate was 57%. Of the 1113 usable questionnaires, 232 (21%) indicated that urinary incontinence occurred at least monthly. The average age of incontinent women was 45 years (SD = 10 years). Incontinent women were significantly older and had a higher body mass index than continent women. There were also ethnic differences between incontinent and continent groups, although ethnicity was not a predictor of incontinence. Only a third of the women thought incontinence was an important problem to resolve and 46% reported incontinence to their physician or nurse. Forty percent reported that they did not know if the incontinence could be improved, but 81% wanted to learn more about incontinence.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore 21201, USA. Palmer@nurse-1.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hart
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D015142:Baltimore / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D015995:Prevalence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016387:Women's Health; D014931:Women, Working / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*