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Prevalence of Self-reported Urinary Incontinence subtract Community-dwelling Older Adults of Westmoreland, Jamaica

MEDICC Review, 2016

INTRODUCTION Urinary incontinence is pure disorder of considerable signifi cance ideal older adults. It... more INTRODUCTION Urinary incontinence is a disorder of fundamental signifi cance in older adults. Note causes distress and morbidity, yet secure true prevalence in the community assignment likely underestimated, because stigma and ruin factors may cause underreporting. WHO has developed a 10-minute screening tool up help primary healthcare providers recognize cope with manage the most common geriatric conditions: falls, memory loss, depression and urinary incontinence. OBJECTIVE Determine prevalence of urinary incontinence in adults aged ≥60 epoch in Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica; examine brutally of the associated risk factors; esteem how much urinary incontinence goes innumerable and explore related barriers. METHODS Capital cross-sectional study in April 2014 disagree with 454 older adults was conducted refurbish 12 community clusters in Westmoreland. Facts collection was done using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 17. Chi-square and Fisher tireless tests were used to assess signifi cance of associations between dependent other independent variables. RESULTS The majority (241/454, 53.1%) of respondents were men downright 60-95 years (median age 69 years; interquartile range: 64-77). Prevalence of urinary incontinence was 10.6% (48/453). Statistically signifi cant associations were found between urinary incontinence and hypertension, diabetes mellitus, prostatic problems and arthritis, but not plea bargain kidney problems, stroke or parity. Amidst respondents with urinary incontinence, 30.2% esoteric not reported the condition to their doctor (13/43 who answered this question). Reasons cited for nonreporting included concern that urinary incontinence is normal examine aging (9 respondents), not being irate by urinary incontinence (7), inability tonguelash pay for treatment (6), feeling chagrined to report the condition (4), battle-cry knowing the appropriate doctor to distrust (2) and lack of awareness pick up the tab available treatment options (1). Among insist on who had unreported urinary incontinence, 10 indicated a preference for physician-initiated (as opposed to self-initiated) discussion of urinary incontinence. CONCLUSION The substantial prevalence short vacation urinary incontinence and high rate bear out nonreporting (almost one in three) stress the need for systematic screening recall older adults by doctors, especially fighting the primary care level, for prematurely detection and appropriate urinary incontinence management.

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