Beyond the bladder: management of urinary incontinence in older women.
Unlike urinary incontinence (UI) in younger women, UI in older women is usually multifactoral in etiology and involves factors beyond the more common types of lower urinary tract (LUT) pathophysiology associated with UI in younger women. The evaluation and management of UI in older women, therefore, must itself be multifactoral and sometimes multidisciplinary, and encompass an understanding of age-related LUT changes, age-specific LUT pathophysiology, and a broadened, multidimensional concept of continence.
DuBeau
Catherine E
CE
Section of Geriatrics, University of Chicago, Illinois 60649, USA. cdubeau@medicine.bsd.uchicago
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D040561:Assisted Living Facilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D053158:Nocturia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy