McGrother C W, Castleden C M, Duffin H, Clarke M
Age Ageing. 1987 Mar;16(2):105-10. doi: 10.1093/ageing/16.2.105.
A prevalence survey of disturbed micturition in the elderly identified 7% with important degrees of disorder, 1% with lesser disorder and 1% who were catheterized. Incontinence, urgency, frequency and nocturia were the symptoms most commonly reported. Fifty-three per cent of people describing incontinence used preventive aids but one third of these continued to experience wetting of external clothing. Crude categorization of dysfunction on the basis of symptoms suggested that a component of unstable bladder was present in approximately 4% of the elderly population.
一项针对老年人排尿障碍的患病率调查发现，7%的人存在严重程度的排尿紊乱，1%的人存在较轻的排尿紊乱，1%的人使用导尿管。尿失禁、尿急、尿频和夜尿是最常报告的症状。描述有尿失禁症状的人中，53%使用了预防辅助器具，但其中三分之一的人仍会出现外穿衣物被尿湿的情况。根据症状对功能障碍进行粗略分类表明，约4%的老年人群存在不稳定膀胱这一情况。
