Yarnell J W, St Leger A S
Age Ageing. 1979 May;8(2):81-5. doi: 10.1093/ageing/8.2.81.
A study to determine the prevalence of urinary incontinence in a random sample of a total elderly community is described. The prevalence of incontinence in women aged 65 years or more was found to be 17% and in men 11%. The findings show that the prevalence of incontinence is particularly high among residents of old people's homes and geriatric hospitals, but that the majority of cases occur within the general community. The prevalence increases with age in both sexes; associations with a history of cerebrovascular disease, certain surgical procedures, multiple hospital admissions and drug usage are described. The findings of a follow-up study suggest that, although the disorder is long-standing and severe in a proportion of subjects, it is transient in approximately a third of all elderly subjects with the condition.
本文描述了一项针对老年社区随机样本中尿失禁患病率的研究。研究发现，65岁及以上女性的尿失禁患病率为17%，男性为11%。结果表明，养老院和老年医院的居民中尿失禁患病率特别高，但大多数病例发生在普通社区。男女患病率均随年龄增长而增加；文中还描述了与脑血管疾病史、某些外科手术、多次住院和药物使用之间的关联。一项随访研究的结果表明，虽然在一部分受试者中该疾病是长期且严重的，但在所有患有该疾病的老年受试者中，约三分之一的病例是短暂性的。
