TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of functional, urological, and environmental characteristics on urinary incontinence in community-dwelling older women
AU - Wyman, Jean F.
AU - Elswick, R. K.
AU - Ory, Marcia G.
AU - Wilson, Mary S.
AU - Andrew Fantl, J.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships of functional, urological, and environmental characteristics to the frequency of urinary incontinence in 131 community-dwelling older women. Subjects with detrusor instability with or without concomitant genuine stress incontinence had significantly more impaired physical functioning, slower gait speeds, smaller bladder capacities, and less ability to delay voiding than subjects with genuine stress incontinence alone. Age, distance to toilet used most, and toilet-gait speed explained 17% of the variance in incontinence severity. Younger age, slower mobility, and a shorter distance to reach the toilet were associated with a higher frequency of incontinence. Physical functional status and urological characteristics, including urodynamic diagnosis, did not predict incontinence severity. These findings confirm, in part, the commonly held assumption that mobility and the environment influence urinary incontinence.
AB - The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships of functional, urological, and environmental characteristics to the frequency of urinary incontinence in 131 community-dwelling older women. Subjects with detrusor instability with or without concomitant genuine stress incontinence had significantly more impaired physical functioning, slower gait speeds, smaller bladder capacities, and less ability to delay voiding than subjects with genuine stress incontinence alone. Age, distance to toilet used most, and toilet-gait speed explained 17% of the variance in incontinence severity. Younger age, slower mobility, and a shorter distance to reach the toilet were associated with a higher frequency of incontinence. Physical functional status and urological characteristics, including urodynamic diagnosis, did not predict incontinence severity. These findings confirm, in part, the commonly held assumption that mobility and the environment influence urinary incontinence.
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U2 - 10.1097/00006199-199309000-00004
DO - 10.1097/00006199-199309000-00004
M3 - Article
C2 - 8415039
AN - SCOPUS:0027670362
SN - 0029-6562
VL - 42
SP - 270
EP - 275
JO - Nursing research
JF - Nursing research
IS - 5
ER -