title: The impact of overactive bladder, stress and mixed urinary incontinence on quality of life in Thai postmenopausal women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the quality of life (QOL) of Thai postmenopausal women with overactive bladder (OAB), stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and mixed urinary incontinence (MUI).
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 420 Thai postmenopausal women (120 had SUI, 60 MUI, 120 OAB and 120 controls) were recruited QOL was assessed by the Thai version short form 36 (SF-36).
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no significant difference in the patients's characteristics. All domains of SF-36 in women with OAB, SUI and MUI were statistically significantly lower than the control group. OAB and MUI had lower SF-36 scores than SUI in all domains except the role of physical health. When compared between OAB and MUI, the women with MUI had lower SF-36 scores than OAB in all domains (except the physical functioning and general health).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  OAB, SUI and MUI had more significant impaired QOL than control. The author found a greater impact on QUL in OAB and MUI in Thai postmenopausal women.
authors.affiliation: Urogynecology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. fmedsby@md2.md.chula.ac.th
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bunyavejchevin
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000208:ethnology; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D013785:Thailand / Q000208:ethnology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000523:psychology*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000523:psychology