Ekelund P, Rundgren A
Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 1987 Apr;6(1):11-8. doi: 10.1016/0167-4943(87)90034-3.
837 geriatric patients were investigated on admission and 6 months later. Relatives and other involved persons were interviewed about background factors of importance for the patient's need of care. Every second male and every third female patient was urinary incontinent and it was evident that this was important for admission to hospital. A close relation was found between urinary incontinence and dementia, but the prevalence of somatic diseases was not greater than among continent patients. Six months after admission patients with urinary incontinence had a higher mortality rate or were living in nursing homes to a greater extent than continent patients. The study suggests that in many geriatric patients urinary incontinence is more closely related to general functional impairment than to specific medical conditions of the uro-genital organs and the central nervous system.
对837名老年患者入院时及6个月后进行了调查。就对患者护理需求具有重要意义的背景因素，对亲属及其他相关人员进行了访谈。每两名男性患者和每三名女性患者中就有一名存在尿失禁，显然这对入院治疗很重要。发现尿失禁与痴呆症之间存在密切关系，但躯体疾病的患病率并不高于尿失禁患者。入院6个月后，尿失禁患者的死亡率更高，或比尿失禁患者更多地住在养老院。该研究表明，在许多老年患者中，尿失禁与一般功能损害的关系比与泌尿生殖器官和中枢神经系统的特定疾病的关系更为密切。
