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Gender-specific external barriers to seeking care for urinary incontinence

BACKGROUND: Barriers to seeking care for urinary incontinence are specific, objective, external conditions that prevent incontinence sufferers from seeking treatment. The aim of this study was to compare barriers, gender, and health care disparities in incontinence sufferers. METHODS: Incontinent pa...

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Autores principales: Svihra, Jan, Luptak, Jan, Svihrova, Viera, Mesko, Dusan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3496533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23152671
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S37180
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author Svihra, Jan
Luptak, Jan
Svihrova, Viera
Mesko, Dusan
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Luptak, Jan
Svihrova, Viera
Mesko, Dusan
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description BACKGROUND: Barriers to seeking care for urinary incontinence are specific, objective, external conditions that prevent incontinence sufferers from seeking treatment. The aim of this study was to compare barriers, gender, and health care disparities in incontinence sufferers. METHODS: Incontinent patients were recruited into a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study. The 14-item Barriers to Incontinence Care Seeking Questionnaire (BICS-Q) and the three-item International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF) were used to evaluate barriers to seeking health care for urinary incontinence. RESULTS: The representative sample (n = 1014) finally included 567 adults eligible to participate in this study (response rate 55.9%). Of the 147 incontinent males, 93 (63.3%) did not seek care, and of the 420 incontinent females, 282 (67.1%) did not seek care. Untreated males had significantly higher BICS-Q scores than other patients. Risk factors for barriers were obesity (odds ratio 2.13 for females versus 0.83 for males), stress urinary incontinence (1.57 versus 9.38, respectively), and urgency urinary incontinence (2.40 versus 1.75). CONCLUSION: The barriers to seeking care for urinary incontinence seem to be gender-specific. Obese females with urgency urinary incontinence and males with stress urinary incontinence were least likely to seek treatment.
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spelling pubmed-34965332012-11-14 Gender-specific external barriers to seeking care for urinary incontinence Svihra, Jan Luptak, Jan Svihrova, Viera Mesko, Dusan Patient Prefer Adherence Original Research BACKGROUND: Barriers to seeking care for urinary incontinence are specific, objective, external conditions that prevent incontinence sufferers from seeking treatment. The aim of this study was to compare barriers, gender, and health care disparities in incontinence sufferers. METHODS: Incontinent patients were recruited into a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study. The 14-item Barriers to Incontinence Care Seeking Questionnaire (BICS-Q) and the three-item International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF) were used to evaluate barriers to seeking health care for urinary incontinence. RESULTS: The representative sample (n = 1014) finally included 567 adults eligible to participate in this study (response rate 55.9%). Of the 147 incontinent males, 93 (63.3%) did not seek care, and of the 420 incontinent females, 282 (67.1%) did not seek care. Untreated males had significantly higher BICS-Q scores than other patients. Risk factors for barriers were obesity (odds ratio 2.13 for females versus 0.83 for males), stress urinary incontinence (1.57 versus 9.38, respectively), and urgency urinary incontinence (2.40 versus 1.75). CONCLUSION: The barriers to seeking care for urinary incontinence seem to be gender-specific. Obese females with urgency urinary incontinence and males with stress urinary incontinence were least likely to seek treatment. Dove Medical Press 2012-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3496533/ /pubmed/23152671 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S37180 Text en © 2012 Svihra et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mesko, Dusan
Gender-specific external barriers to seeking care for urinary incontinence
title Gender-specific external barriers to seeking care for urinary incontinence
title_full Gender-specific external barriers to seeking care for urinary incontinence
title_fullStr Gender-specific external barriers to seeking care for urinary incontinence
title_full_unstemmed Gender-specific external barriers to seeking care for urinary incontinence
title_short Gender-specific external barriers to seeking care for urinary incontinence
title_sort gender-specific external barriers to seeking care for urinary incontinence
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3496533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23152671
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S37180
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