Demographic, health conditions, and lifestyle factors associated with urinary incontinence in elderly from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Larissa Pruner Marques¹  Ione Jayce Ceola Schneider¹  Maruí Weber Corseuil Giehl¹  Danielle Ledur Antes¹  Eleonora D'orsi¹ 

关键词: Urinary incontinence;    Elderly;    Risk factors;    Demographic data;    Health conditions;    Life style;    Incontinência urinária;    Idoso;    Fatores de risco;    Dados demográficos;    Condições de saúde;    Estilo de vida;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1980-5497201500030006

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with urinary incontinence in the elderly population of Florianópolis, in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil. METHODS: We used data from EpiFloripa Idoso 2009/2010 survey, a cross-sectional population-based study including 1,705 elderly of both the sexes. Poisson's regression (crude and adjusted analysis) was applied to verify the association between the urinary incontinence outcome and exploratory variables (sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health conditions). RESULTS: Among the elderly, 29.4% reported urinary incontinence; 36.3% were women and 17.0% men. The factors associated with greater prevalence of urinary incontinence were being female, aged more than 70 years old, having 0 to 4 schooling years, being insufficiently active, having bronchitis or asthma, stroke or cerebral ischemia, presenting mild or moderate/severe dependence, and polypharmacy. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of urinary incontinence was high among the investigated elderly. Sociodemographic variables and those related to lifestyle and health conditions were associated with higher prevalence of urinary incontinence. Knowledge of the factors associated with urinary incontinence in aged individuals can guide actions to reduce and prevent this important issue, which affects the elderly.

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