title: Assessment of the Impact of Male Urinary Incontinence on Health-Related Quality of Life: A Population Based Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the impact of male urinary incontinence on health-related quality of life by population based study.
  
  
  METHODS
  A two-stage systematic sampling method was adopted. A total of 5830 men participated in this survey. Face -to-face interviews were used to collect data. Urinary incontinence and symptom bother were measured with the Urogenital Distress Inventory-6 (UDI-6). General health-related quality of life (QoL) was measured using EQ-VAS, which evaluates the respondent's self-rated health on a vertical visual analogue scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The age-adjusted prevalence of Korean male UI was 5.5%. Incontinent men reported higher score of UDI-6 and lower score of EQ-VAS than continent men. Men with mixed urinary incontinence reported significantly lower QoL than men with pure stress or urge incontinence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Urinary incontinence affects men's QoL negatively. In particular, mixed urinary incontinence has the greatest impact on QoL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyoung Keun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sounghoon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Mary H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Daejeon University, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Inja
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Heejung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: epidemiology; quality of life; urinary incontinence