[Factors associated with lower urinary tract symptoms for patients with Parkinson's disease].
OBJECTIVE
The study was done to identify lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and to evaluate the factors affecting LUTS for the people with Parkinson's disease.


METHODS
The research design was a cross-sectional study with interviews using a structured questionnaire. The participants were 72 patients with Parkinson's disease who were seen in the Neurology clinic of a university hospital from September to November 2005.


RESULTS
Mean score of LUTS for the participants was 10.11. In each symptom score of LUTS (range 0-5), weak stream was the highest 2.06, followed by nocturia 1.71, and urgency 1.61. The severity of LUTS was moderate to severe group for 51%. LUTS were significantly different by regular exercise. Positive correlations were observed between Hoehn and Yahr stage (stage of disease severity) and frequency and between Hoehn and Yahr stage and urgency (r=.280, p=.018; r=.328, p=.005). LUTS were significantly predicted by regular exercise (p=.001) which explained 15.0% of the variance in LUTS.


CONCLUSIONS
Regular exercise was found to be a very important factor associated with LUTS for patients with Parkinson's disease.
Song
Hyo Jeong
HJ
Department of Nursing, Institute of Medical Science, Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea. hjsong@jejunu.ac.kr
Kang
Ji Hoon
JH
Lee
Eun Joo
EJ
Huh
Jung-Sik
JS
Kim
Young-Joo
YJ
Kim
Chul Soo
CS
Kim
Myung Ja
MJ
Chaung
Seung Kyo
SK
Park
Hye Ja
HJ
Kang
Hyung Chang
HC
Oh
Keun Heau
KH
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003248:Constipation; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D053201:Urinary Bladder, Overactive / Q000175:diagnosis*