title: Impact of Voiding and Incontinence Symptoms on Health-Related Life Quality in Serbian Male Population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the impact of lower urinary tract symptoms on health-related quality of life (QoL) in Serbian population considering socio-demographic characteristics, habits, and health status.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted in the Primary Healthcare Center "Novi Beograd", Serbia. The study included 1424 male participants, aged 40 years and above. QoL was assessed by using the -36Item Short Form Health Survey (SF36-) questionnaire, while voiding and incontinence symptoms were measured using the International Continence Society Male Short Form (ICS male SF) questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Voiding and incontinence symptoms significantly correlate with all domains of QoL. Voiding and incontinence symptoms have a high influence on general health, social functioning, physical functioning and body pain. After adjusting for age and education, voiding and incontinence symptoms had a similar influence on QoL. In the multivariate model the influence of cardiovascular diseases and income on QoL was lower than voiding and incontinence symptoms..
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Voiding and incontinence symptoms affect QoL domains differently. Incontinence symptoms have a greater impact on QoL than voiding symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Urology, Clinical Center of Serbia, Pasterova 2, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.. urosb2001@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Uros
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Babic
authors.affiliation: Institute of Social Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Milena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santric-Milicevic
authors.affiliation: Institute of Social Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Zorica
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Terzic
authors.affiliation: Clinical Center "Zemun", Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Aleksandar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Argirovic
authors.affiliation: Clinical Center "Dr Dragisa Misovic-Dedinje", Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Dejan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kojic
authors.affiliation: Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Mihailo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stjepanovic
authors.affiliation: Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Dejan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lazovic
authors.affiliation: Institute of Social Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bjegovic-Mikanovic
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Vinka
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vukotic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055771:Serbia / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*