Prevalence of urinary incontinence in people aged 65 years and older: results from the EUCALYPTUS study

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Abstract

Introduction. Urinary incontinence (UI) is any involuntary leakage of urine. It is a common and distressing problem, which may have a large impact of quality of life.

Aim. To assess the prevalence of UI in people over the age of 65.

Materials and methods. Participants were 4308 elderly individuals (1292 men and 3016 women) with an average age of 78±8 years.

Results. UI was detected in 1953 patients (45,3%), including urgent UI in 25,8%, stress UI in 12,3% and mixed UI in 8,3% cases. There was a clear tendency to higher incidence of all types of UI with age. Our data show the need for mandatory consultation with a urologist for all person over the age of 65.

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O. N. Tkacheva

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Author for correspondence.
Email: tkacheva@rgnkc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4193-688X

PhD, MD, Professor, Deputy Director on Scientific Work of Russian Gerontological Scientific-Clinical Center

Russian Federation, Moscow

G. G. Krivoborodov

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: Dr.krivoborodov@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8347-0531

Ph.D., MD, Professor at the Department of Urology and Andrology, Head of the Department of Urology of Russian Gerontological Scientific-Clinical Center

Russian Federation, Moscow

V. M. Vorobieva

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: vorobyeva_nm@rgnkc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6021-7864

PhD, MD, Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of the Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy of Russian Gerontological Scientific-Clinical Center

Russian Federation, Moscow

Yu. V. Kotovskaya

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: kotovskaya_yv@rgnkc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1628-5093

PhD, MD, Professor, Deputy Director on Scientific Work of Russian Gerontological Scientific-Clinical Center

Russian Federation, Moscow

N. S. Efremov

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: nefr@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1536-219X

Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Department of Urology and Andrology, Urologist at the Russian Gerontological Scientific-Clinical Center

Russian Federation, Moscow

A. A. Gontar

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: Dr.gontar@yahoo.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7072-4026

Urologist at the Russian Gerontological Scientific-Clinical Center

Russian Federation, Moscow

D. A. Shirin

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: Dok.shirin@mail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9037-5580

Urologist at the Russian Gerontological Scientific-Clinical Center

Russian Federation, Moscow

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2. Fig. 1. Urinary and faecal incontinence questionnaire

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3. Fig. 2. Prevalence of urinary incontinence in those aged >65 years

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4. Fig. 3. Prevalence of types of urinary incontinence in persons aged ≥65 years (n=4308)

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5. Fig. 4. Prevalence of urinary incontinence in persons aged ≥65 years according to age subgroup (n=4308)

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