[Investigation of urinary incontinence in community dwelling women of Fuzhou city].
OBJECTIVE
The aim was to assess the prevalence of urinary incontinence in Gulou community dwelling women in Fuzhou China.


METHODS
One of the communities was selected at random and questionnaires were sent to women living there. After completed the questionnaires were collected and statistics software SPSS 10.0 was used for analysis.


RESULTS
We sent 5871 questionnaires and collected 5392 ones. The response rate was 91.8%. The prevalence of urinary incontinence was 18.5%, while it was 51.1% in women who were 65 years or older, and the prevalence of stress urinary incontinence (SUI), urge urinary incontinence (UUI) and mix urinary incontinence (MUI) was 9.1%, 2.4%, and 7.0% respectively. Their structural proportion was 49%:13%:38%. In terms of the incidence of the disease, mild urinary incontinence was prominent. Among the surveyed women, 32.4% did not know where to consult a doctor for help, 45.5%went to urologists, and 22.1% went to gynecologists for help.


CONCLUSIONS
Urinary incontinence is highly prevalent, especially among aged women. However, they seldom consult a doctor about their urinary leakage.
Song
Yan-feng
YF
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fuzhou General Hospital, Nanjing Military Command, Fuzhou 350025, China.
Li
Ya-qin
YQ
Xu
Bo
B
Song
Jian
J
Hao
Lan
L
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000453:epidemiology