Holst K, Wilson P D
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Otago, Dunedin.
N Z Med J. 1988 Nov 9;101(857):756-8.
The prevalence of urinary incontinence in women aged 18 years and over was investigated by carrying out a telephone interview of 851 women randomly selected from the Dunedin electoral register. Two hundred and sixty seven (31%) of the women interviewed had some degree of incontinence in the preceding 12 months and 142 (17%) had had regular incontinence (two or more episodes of leakage per month). Daily incontinence occurred in approximately 5% of the women sampled with 2.3% being incontinent more than once per day or being continually incontinent. Only one third of those with regular incontinence had sought medical help for their problem. The commonest reasons for this were that either the incontinence was not seen as abnormal (81%) or there was a low expectation of benefit from treatment (10%). Thus there needs to be improved awareness that incontinence is treatable and that medical and surgical treatment options are available.
通过对从达尼丁选民登记册中随机抽取的851名女性进行电话访谈，调查了18岁及以上女性尿失禁的患病率。在接受访谈的女性中，267人（31%）在过去12个月内有某种程度的尿失禁，142人（17%）有规律性尿失禁（每月漏尿两次或更多次）。在抽样女性中，约5%的女性每天都有尿失禁，2.3%的女性每天尿失禁不止一次或持续尿失禁。只有三分之一有规律性尿失禁的人因该问题寻求过医疗帮助。最常见的原因是，要么认为尿失禁并非异常（81%），要么对治疗效果期望较低（10%）。因此，需要提高人们对尿失禁可治疗以及有医学和手术治疗选择的认识。
