Factors associated with seeking treatment for urinary incontinence during the menopausal transition.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine whether longitudinal urinary incontinence (UI) characteristics, race or ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and education were associated with UI treatment-seeking in a prospective cohort of community-dwelling midlife women.

Methods

We analyzed data from 9 years of the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. The study asked participants reporting at least monthly UI about seeking treatment for their UI at baseline and in visit years 7, 8, and 9. Our main covariates included self-reported race or ethnicity, income, level of difficulty paying for basics, and education level. We used multiple logistic regression to examine associations between demographic, psychosocial, and longitudinal UI characteristics and whether women sought UI treatment. We explored i

SUBMITTER: Waetjen LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4346306 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature