Hunskaar S, Lose G, Sykes D, Voss S
Section for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway.
BJU Int. 2004 Feb;93(3):324-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2003.04609.x.
To determine the prevalence, type and treatment behaviour of women with urinary incontinence in four European countries.
Data were collected using a postal survey which was sent to 29,500 community-dwelling women aged > or = 18 years in France, Germany, Spain and the UK. Subjects were asked about the type of urinary incontinence they had experienced and their treatment behaviour.
Of the women who responded, 35% reported involuntary loss of urine in the preceding 30 days; stress urinary incontinence was the most prevalent type. The lowest prevalence was in Spain (23%), while the prevalence was 44%, 41% and 42% for France, Germany and the UK, respectively. About a quarter of women with urinary incontinence in Spain (24%) and the UK (25%) had consulted a doctor about it; in France (33%) and Germany (40%) the percentages were higher. Overall, <5% of the women had ever undergone surgery for their condition. While pads were used by half of the women, there were some differences among the countries.
Millions of women in Europe have urinary incontinence; the consultation and treatment rates were low in the European countries included in this study.
确定四个欧洲国家尿失禁女性的患病率、类型及治疗行为。
采用邮寄调查问卷的方式收集数据，该问卷被发送给法国、德国、西班牙和英国29500名年龄≥18岁的社区女性。询问对象所经历的尿失禁类型及其治疗行为。
在做出回应的女性中，35%报告在过去30天内有尿液不自主流失的情况；压力性尿失禁是最常见的类型。患病率最低的是西班牙（23%），而法国、德国和英国的患病率分别为44%、41%和42%。西班牙（24%）和英国（25%）约四分之一的尿失禁女性曾就此咨询过医生；在法国（33%）和德国（40%）这一比例更高。总体而言，<5%的女性曾因该病接受过手术。虽然一半的女性使用护垫，但各国之间存在一些差异。
欧洲数百万女性患有尿失禁；本研究纳入的欧洲国家的咨询率和治疗率较低。
