title: Prevalence and bother of postmicturition dribble in Finnish men aged 30-80 years: Tampere Ageing Male Urologic Study (TAMUS).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and bother of postmicturition dribble in relation to age in the male population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Information for a population-based study was collected by means of a mailed self-administered questionnaire, which was returned by 4384 men out of 7470 (58.7%). The participants were men aged 30-80 years from the Pirkanmaa Region in Finland. The Danish Prostatic Symptom Score (DAN-PSS-1) questionnaire was used to evaluate their urinary symptoms. SPSS was used in the data analysis. Two-sided chi-squared test and Kendall tau-b test were used for analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall prevalence of postmicturition dribble was 58.1% (95% confidence interval 56.6-59.6). Prevalence of postmicturition dribble increased with age (p < 0.001). In men aged 60-80 years, two-thirds reported postmicturition dribble and approximately one out of four had dribbling into their trousers after voiding. In the 30-year-old group, over 40% reported postmicturition dribble and almost one out of five had also dribbling into their trousers. One out of five men in the 30-year-old group reported minor bother; the proportion of men reporting bother increased with age to one-third of the men in the oldest cohort (p < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of the postmicturition dribble was found to be high in this survey. Half of the 30-year-old men and two-thirds of the men aged 60-80 years had postmicturition dribble. Dribbling into trousers increased with age but as a severe symptom, it was rare (0.5%). Minor problems from postmicturition dribble were common, but major bother occurred seldom (1.1%).
authors: Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital and University of Tampere, Finland. antti.j.poyhonen@gmail.com
authors: Antti
authors: A
authors: Pöyhönen
authors: Anssi
authors: A
authors: Auvinen
authors: Juha
authors: J
authors: Koskimäki
authors: Matti
authors: M
authors: Hakama
authors: Teuvo L J
authors: TL
authors: Tammela
authors: Jukka T
authors: JT
authors: Häkkinen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D059411:Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014554:Urination