An assessment of relationship between urinary incontinence, and quality of life and psychosocial functioning in elderly women from southeastern Poland

Chronic disease		Prevalence (%)	Adjusted risk ratio	95% CL	P
Coronary diseases (ischaemic heart disease) or angina pectoris	YesNo	21.8710.89	2.291	1.613 – 3.254	<0.001
Heart attack and chronic consequences of a heart attack	YesNo	26.3213.34	2.320	1.416 – 3.802	<0.001
Hypertension	YesNo	16.9010.59	1.716	1.169 – 2.519	0.006
Atherosclerosis	YesNo	23.6212.36	2.191	1.489 – 3.226	<0.001
CVA (stroke, embolism) and chronic consequences of a CVA	YesNo	35.9413.12	3.715	2.157 – 6.378	<0.001
Diabetes	YesNo	19.9013.32	1.617	1.076 – 2.429	0.021
Osteoporosis	YesNo	26.4211.80	2.685	1.831 – 3.936	<0.001
Degenerative disease of peripheral joints	YesNo	22.097.73	3.381	2.311 – 4.947	<0.001
Degenerative diseases of the spine	YesNo	21.507.81	3.233	2.205 – 4.741	<0.001
Lumbar spine pain syndromes	YesNo	20.409.98	2.311	1.620 – 3.296	<0.001
Thoracis spine pain syndromes	YesNo	23.1011.19	2.385	1.671 – 3.405	<0.001
Cervical spine pain syndromes	YesNo	21.1010.94	2.176	1.533 – 3.086	<0.001
Rheumatism	YesNo	21.0111.11	2.128	1.499 – 3.019	<0.001
Allergy	YesNo	24.4912.20	2.334	1.587 – 3.433	<0.001
Neoplastic disease	YesNo	32.4313.15	3.170	1.881 – 5.339	<0.001
Asthma	YesNo	26.5613.74	2.271	1.266 – 4.073	<0.001
Chronic respiratory diseases	YesNo	27.0313.57	2.359	1.367 – 4.070	0.002
Gastric and duodenal ulcerative disease	YesNo	32.0913.08	3.259	1.949 – 5.449	<0.001
Migraine	YesNo	19.5013.63	1.535	0.991 – 2.376	0.055

Quality of life in studied groups

Quality of life	Group UI (N = 150)	Group WP (N = 882)	Significance level
Quality of life	Mean	Mean	Significance level
Physical	21.43	23.59	p < 0.001
Psychological	19.69	20.59	p = 0.001
Social Relationship	10.49	11.07	p = 0.004
Environment	25.96	28.26	p < 0.001

Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population

Demographic characteristics	Group UI (N = 150)		Group WP (N = 882)		Significance level
Demographic characteristics	Number (N)	Percentage (%)	Number (N)	Percentage (%)	Significance level
Age					p < 0.001
60 - 70	55	36.67	507	57.48
71 - 80	95	63.33	375	42.52
Place of residence					p = 0.457
City	66	44.00	417	47.28
Countryside	84	56.00	465	52.72
Marital status					p = 0.333
Single	5	3.33	41	4.65
Married	73	48.67	496	56.24
Separated / divorced / divorcee	5	3.33	20	2.27
Widow / widower	66	44.00	318	36.05
In partnership	1	0.67	7	0.79
Education					p = 0.041
Primary	67	44.67	318	36.05
Vocational	29	19.33	214	24.26
Secondary	21	14.00	82	9.30
Vocational secondary	22	14.67	167	18.93
Higher	11	7.33	101	11.45
Income per person per month					p = 0.249
Up to 1000 PLN	14	9.33	115	13.04
1001 PLN – 2000 PLN	55	36.37	364	41.27
2001 PLN – 3000 PLN	21	14.00	103	11.68
3001 PLN – 4000 PLN	8	5.33	40	4.54
4001 PLN and more	2	1.33	28	3.17
No data	50	33.33	232	26.30

Level of disability in women from the study population and clinical control group

Level of disability			Group UI (N = 150)	Group WP (N = 882)	Significance level
Overall	No	N (%)	7 (4.67%)	225 (25.51%)	p < 0.001
	Mild	N (%)	44 (29.33%)	333 (37.76%)
	Moderate	N (%)	57 (38.00%)	243 (27.55%)
	Severe or extreme	N (%)	42 (28.00%)	81 (9.18%)
Domain 1	No	N (%)	24 (16.00%)	379 (42.97%)	p < 0.001
	Mild	N (%)	52 (34.67%)	215 (24.38%)
	Moderate	N (%)	42 (28.00%)	210 (23.81%)
	Severe or extreme	N (%)	32 (21.33%)	78 (8.84%)
Domain 2	No	N (%)	12 (8.00%)	288 (32.65%)	p < 0.001
	Mild	N (%)	29 (19.33%)	230 (26.08%)
	Moderate	N (%)	39 (26.00%)	185 (20.98%)
	Severe or extreme	N (%)	70 (46.67%)	179 (20.29%)
Domain 3	No	N (%)	64 (42.67%)	612 (69.39%)	p < 0.001
	Mild	N (%)	30 (20.00%)	142 (16.10%)
	Moderate	N (%)	32 (21.33%)	80 (9.07%)
	Severe or extreme	N (%)	24 (16.00%)	48 (5.44%)
Domain 4	No	N (%)	28 (18.67%)	328 (37.19%)	p < 0.001
	Mild	N (%)	44 (29.33%)	224 (25.40%)
	Moderate	N (%)	37 (24.67%)	150 (17.01%)
	Severe or extreme	N (%)	41 (27.33%)	180 (20.40%)
Domain 5.1	No	N (%)	22 (14.67%)	351 (39.80%)	p < 0.001
	Mild	N (%)	13 (8.67%)	133 (15.08%)
	Moderate	N (%)	34 (22.67%)	164 (18.59%)
	Severe or extreme	N (%)	81 (54.00%)	234 (26.53%)
Domain 6	No	N (%)	4 (2.67%)	180 (20.41%)	p < 0.001
	Mild	N (%)	30 (20.00%)	257 (29.14%)
	Moderate	N (%)	55 (36.67%)	300 (34.01%)
	Severe or extreme	N (%)	61 (40.69%)	145 (16.44%)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/areh.2019.89823 | Journal eISSN: 1734-4948

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Language: English

Page range: 19 - 26

Submitted on: May 9, 2019

Accepted on: Jun 7, 2019

Published on: Dec 30, 2019

Published by: University of Physical Education in Warsaw

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

aged,

women,

disability evaluation,

urinary incontinence,

World Health Organization

Related subjects:

Medicine,

Clinical medicine,

Physical and rehabilitation medicine,

Rheumatology,

Cardiology,

Sports and recreation,

Sports and recreation, other

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