title: Associated factors and the impact of fecal incontinence in women with urge urinary incontinence: from the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network's Behavior Enhances Drug Reduction of Incontinence study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence, risk factors, and impact on quality-of-life (QOL) that fecal incontinence (FI) symptoms have on women seeking treatment for urge urinary incontinence (UUI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Baseline sociodemographic, history, physical examination, and validated questionnaire data were analyzed in 307 women enrolled in the Behavior Enhances Drug Reduction of Incontinence study for associations with FI. FI was defined as loss of liquid/solid stool occurring at least monthly. Multivariable logistic regression models compared women with FI and UUI with women with only UUI.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prevalence of monthly FI was 18%, liquid stool (12%), and solid stool (6%). In multivariable analysis, FI was associated with vaginal delivery, posterior vaginal wall prolapse, higher body mass index, and UUI symptoms. QOL was worse in women with FI/UUI than isolated UUI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Women seeking treatment for UUI have high rates of monthly FI with a negative impact on QOL.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Alayne D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Markland
authors.forename: Holly E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: Kimberly S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kenton
authors.forename: Clifford
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wai
authors.forename: Charles W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Nager
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Kraus
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Sharon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Tennstedt
mesh_terms: D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*