DISTRESS AND DELAY ASSOCIATED WITH URINARY-INCONTINENCE, FREQUENCY, AND URGENCY IN WOMEN
DISTRESS AND DELAY ASSOCIATED WITH URINARY-INCONTINENCE, FREQUENCY, AND URGENCY IN WOMEN
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DOI：
10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1187
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发表时间：
1988-11-05
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通讯作者：
STANTON, SL
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作者：
NORTON, PA;MACDONALD, LD;STANTON, SL
Departments ofObstetrics It is ironic that though many personal topics may be and Gynaecology openly discussed with patients or in the media, uro-(Urodynamic Unit), St logical symptoms are still largely avoided. Yet urinary George's and St James's complaints are common among women, although exact Hospitals, London prevalence is difficult to estimate because various clinicAl'researchow researchers use different definitions of severity andSL Stanton, FRCOG, patients have different thresholds for complaint. consultant and honorary senior Nemir and Middleton'found occasional stress inconti-lecturer nence in half of the premenopausal women they studied, and Brocklehurst2 estimated the prevalence of Clinical Epidemiology and urgency, frequency, and nocturia in elderly women to Social Medicine, St be 60%. Using stricter criteria, Yarnell et al found that George's Hospital Medical 3-7% of women in the general population complained School, London of" significant" urinary incontinence. 3 L turer It seems that patients who present to their doctor
