TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of life in women with stress urinary incontinence
AU - Tennstedt, Sharon L.
AU - Fitzgerald, Mary Pat
AU - Nager, Charles W.
AU - Xu, Yan
AU - Zimmern, Philippe
AU - Kraus, Stephen
AU - Goode, Patricia S.
AU - Kusek, John W.
AU - Borello-France, Diane
AU - Mallett, Veronica
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by cooperative agreements from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, with additional support from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Office of Research on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health. S.L.Tennstedt(*) . Y. X u New England Research Institutes, 9 Galen Street, Watertown, MA 02472, USA e-mail: stennstedt@neriscience.com
PY - 2007/5
Y1 - 2007/5
N2 - The objective of this study was to identify clinical and demographic factors associated with incontinence-related quality of life (QoL) in 655 women with stress urinary incontinence who elected surgical treatment. The following factors were examined for their association with QoL as measured with the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire (IIQ): number of incontinence (UI) episodes/day; self-reported type of UI symptoms (stress and urge); sexual function as measured by the Prolapse/ Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire; symptom bother as measured by the Urogenital Distress Inventory; as well as other clinical and sociodemographic factors. A stepwise least-squares regression analysis was used to identify factors significantly associated with QoL. Lower QoL was related to the greater frequency of stress UI symptoms, increasing severity, greater symptom bother, prior UI surgery or treatment, and sexual dysfunction (if sexually active). Health and sociodemographic factors associated with lower incontinence-related QoL included current tobacco use, younger age, lower socioeconomic status, and Hispanic ethnicity.
AB - The objective of this study was to identify clinical and demographic factors associated with incontinence-related quality of life (QoL) in 655 women with stress urinary incontinence who elected surgical treatment. The following factors were examined for their association with QoL as measured with the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire (IIQ): number of incontinence (UI) episodes/day; self-reported type of UI symptoms (stress and urge); sexual function as measured by the Prolapse/ Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire; symptom bother as measured by the Urogenital Distress Inventory; as well as other clinical and sociodemographic factors. A stepwise least-squares regression analysis was used to identify factors significantly associated with QoL. Lower QoL was related to the greater frequency of stress UI symptoms, increasing severity, greater symptom bother, prior UI surgery or treatment, and sexual dysfunction (if sexually active). Health and sociodemographic factors associated with lower incontinence-related QoL included current tobacco use, younger age, lower socioeconomic status, and Hispanic ethnicity.
KW - Quality of life
KW - Urinary incontinence
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U2 - 10.1007/s00192-006-0188-5
DO - 10.1007/s00192-006-0188-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 17036169
AN - SCOPUS:34147157326
SN - 0937-3462
VL - 18
SP - 543
EP - 549
JO - International Urogynecology Journal
JF - International Urogynecology Journal
IS - 5
ER -