Urinary symptoms in Parkinson's disease: prevalence and associated factors.
The authors present a cross-sectional study involving 61 patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) who were consecutively examined and compared to a control group with 74 subjects. Only patients who fulfilled the standard diagnostic criteria for PD and whose brain magnetic resonance imaging was normal were included. The objective of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of inferior urinary tract symptoms in PD and to study the possible association between clinical factors to urinary dysfunction. ln the patient group, 39.3% presented urinary symptoms when compared to 10.8% in the control group. All symptomatic patients presented irritative symptoms. The most common irritative symptom PD was nocturia, followed by frequency and urinary incontinence. Around 25% of the patients presented functional obstructive symptoms determined by the disease. The most frequent obstructive symptom was incomplete emptying of the bladder. Only the age of the patients and control group were correlated with urinary dysfunction.
Campos-Sousa
Raimundo Nonato
RN
Neurological Outpatient Clinic of CISCA-SUS, Teresina Piauí, Brasil. rncampos@webone.com.br
Quagliato
Elizabeth
E
da Silva
Benedito Borges
BB
de Carvalho
Reynaldo Mendes
RM
Ribeiro
Suilane Coelho
SC
de Carvalho
Daniel França Mendes
DF
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology*