A longitudinal investigation of the impact of typology of urinary incontinence on quality of life during midlife: Results from a British prospective study

Abstract Using prospective data from 983 British women born in 1946, the study aims to describe the profiles of symptoms of stress, urge, and severe incontinence, and to relate these to change in quality of life. Based on the longitudinal patterns of symptoms experienced, four groups of women were d...

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Published in:Maturitas 2009-12, Vol.64 (4), p.246-248
Main Authors: Mishra, Gita D, Croudace, Tim, Cardozo, Linda, Kuh, Diana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Chronic Disease
Female
Health Status
Humans
Internal Medicine
Latent class analysis
Longitudinal Studies
Menopause
Middle Aged
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Prospective Studies
Quality of Life
Short Communication
Sickness Impact Profile
United Kingdom
Urinary Incontinence - classification
Urinary incontinence symptoms
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Summary:Abstract Using prospective data from 983 British women born in 1946, the study aims to describe the profiles of symptoms of stress, urge, and severe incontinence, and to relate these to change in quality of life. Based on the longitudinal patterns of symptoms experienced, four groups of women were defined: ‘low symptom’, ‘onset’, ‘recovering’, and ‘chronic’. Childhood enuresis was associated with being in the ‘chronic’ group for urge and severe incontinence. Women in the ‘recovering’ group for stress incontinence experienced an improvement in the physical health domain (regression coefficient (95% CI): 0.1(0.02, 0.18)) compared with women without symptoms. This relationship existed beyond the effects of ageing, menopausal status, current life stress, and reproductive, lifestyle, and social factors. More research is needed to understand the mechanism that link childhood enuresis to being in the ‘chronic’ group for urge and severe incontinence.
ISSN:0378-5122
1873-4111
DOI:10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.09.015