The impact of overactive bladder, stress and mixed urinary incontinence on quality of life in Thai postmenopausal women.
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.
Bunyavejchevin
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Urogynecology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. fmedsby@md2.md.chula.ac.th
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