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Prevalence and Severity of Urinary Incontinence in Elderly Mexican‐American Women by David V. Espino; Ray F. Palmer; Toni P. Miles; Charles P. Mouton; Michael J. Lichtenstein; Kyriakos P. Markides is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Prevalence and Severity of Urinary Incontinence in Elderly Mexican‐American Women about?
**Objectives:** To measure prevalence and characteristics of urinary incontinence in older Mexican‐American women. **Design:** Cross‐sectional analysis of a longitudinal survey of a representative sample of older Mexican Americans. **Setting:** Five southwestern states in the United States. **Participants:** A total of 1,589 Mexican‐American women, aged 65 and older who were part of the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly. **Measurements:** Self‐reported psychosocial, demographic, and health variables; self‐reported history of symptoms of urinary incontinence. **Results:** Two hundred thirty‐nine (15%) of the 1,589 Mexican‐American women reported having urinary incontinence. Almost 33% reported urge incontinence symptoms, 10% reported stress incontinence symptoms, and 42% had symptoms suggestive of mixed incontinence. Thirty‐five percent of subjects reported incontinence episodes with moderate to large amounts of urine loss, and 15% reported that their urinary symptoms kept them from engaging in social activities. Age and body mass index were risk factors for incontinence (__P__=__.__02 and __P__=__.__03, respectively). **Conclusion:**
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- Author
- David V. Espino; Ray F. Palmer; Toni P. Miles; Charles P. Mouton; Michael J. Lichtenstein; Kyriakos P. Markides
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; The American Geriatrics Society; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0002-8614)
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)