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The prevalence and severity of urinary incontinence in women.
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One thousand and sixty women aged 18 or over, randomly selected from a defined geographical area in South Wales, were interviewed at home about their urinary symptoms. Ninety-five per cent co-operated, of whom 45% admitted to some degree of incontinence. "Stress' incontinence was reported by 22% of women, "urge' incontinence by 10%, and both types combined--"complex'--by 14%. In most women urinary loss was both small and infrequent but 5% of all women experienced a loss sufficient to necessitate a change of clothes; in 2.6% such loss occurred daily. Over 3% of all women reported that incontinence interfered with their social or domestic life but only half of these had sought medical advice.
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- Authors
- Yarnell, J. W., Voyle, G. J., Richards, C. J., & Stephenson, T. P.
- Venue
- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 1981-03
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 71-74
- ISSN
- 0141-7681 (ISSN-L)
- 0143-005X
- 1470-2738
- OpenAlex
- W2017644728
- Cited by
- 251
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 1.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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