[Nihon kōshū eisei zasshi] Japanese journal of public health
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Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi · Feb 2013
[Assessing weight and other factors associated with the urinary incontinence of elderly women: a cross-sectional study].
Urination diseases--particularly urinary incontinence (UI)--strongly affect individuals' quality of life (QOL). It is important to maintain overall QOL in societies with an increasing number of long-living elderly people, such as in Japan. Thus, this study aims to clarify the risk factors concerning UI in elderly women. ⋯ The self-reported prevalence rate of UI was 29.7% in women aged 65-74 years. In the future, we plan to conduct a follow-up survey to further clarify the risk factors of UI that have been implicated in this cross-sectional study.