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KMID : 1137920060310030275
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Journal of Agricultral Medicine & Community Health
2006 Volume.31 No. 3 p.275 ~ p.284
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A Study on the Urinary Incontinence and Overactive Bladder Syndrome of Women in a Rural Region
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Lee Kwan
Park Byung-Chan
Lim Hyun-Sul
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Abstract
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Objectives: This investigation was carried out to understand the status of the urinary incontinence (UI) and overactive bladder (OABs) syndrome of women in a rural region.
Methods: The authors conducted a questionnaire survey among the 322 females who voluntarily participated in a health examination, from 16 to 18 August 2001. Using by definition of UI and OABs, we calculated the proportion of UI, OABs I, and OABs II. The data collected was evaluated using the SPSS 12.0 statistical package, and the differences of symptoms and problems related to daily life between UI, OABs patients and the others were analyzed using a Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test.
Results: The overall proportion of UI was 35.4%, and stress UI (32.9%) is more common than urgency UI (17.4%) and mixed UI (14.9%). The proportion of OABs I and OABs II were respectively 36.0%, 14.0%. Symptoms related to UI or OABs were nocturia (35.1%), frequency (23.9%), urgency (21.4%) etc. Of the incontinence cases, 27.2% had experienced UI for a period of one to three years. The proportion of OABs increased significantly by age (p<0.05), UI didn’t. The most frequent symptoms in UI and OABs were respectively ’slow stream’, ’urgency’. The most frequent problem of daily life in UI and OABs was ’seeking toilet firstly at stranger place’.
Conclusions: The proportion of UI and OABs in our study were respectively 35.4%, 14.0%. UI and OABs must be very significant health problems in women, especially rural region. Systemic and profound interventions for UI and OABs need to administer to women in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Urinary Incontinence, Urgency, Overactive Bladder Syndrome, Women
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