Continence Index: a new screening questionnaire to predict the probability of future incontinence in older women in the community.
Continence Index: a new screening questionnaire to predict the probability of future incontinence in older women in the community.
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失禁指数:一种新的筛查问卷,用于预测社区老年女性未来失禁的可能性。
DOI:
10.1007/s11255-015-1006-0
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
2
通讯作者:
Killinger,KimA
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作者:
Diokno,AnaniasC;Ogunyemi,Theophilus;Siadat,Mohammad-Reza;Arslanturk,Suzan;Killinger,KimA
PurposeUrinary incontinence (UI) is a chronic, costly condition that impairs quality of life. To identify older women most at risk, the Medical Epidemiologic and Social Aspects of Aging (MESA) datasets were mined to create a set of questions that can reliably predict future UI.MethodsMESA data were collected during four household interviews at approximately 1 year intervals. Factors associated with becoming incontinent at the second interview (HH2) were identified using logistic regression (construction datasets). Based onpvalues and odds ratios, eight potential predictive factors with their 256 combinations and corresponding prediction probabilities formed the Continence Index. Its predictive and discriminatory capability was tested against the same cohort’s outcome in the fourth survey (HH4 validation datasets). Sensitivity analysis, area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, predicted probabilities and confidence intervals were used to statistically validate the Continence Index.ResultsBody mass index, sneezing, post-partum UI, urinary frequency, mild UI, belief of developing UI in the future, difficulty stopping urinary stream and remembering names emerged as the strongest predictors of UI. The confidence intervals for prediction probabilities strongly agreed between construction and validation datasets. Calculated sensitivity, specificity, false-positive and false-negative values revealed that the areas under the ROCs (0.802 and 0.799) for the construction and validation datasets, respectively, indicated good discriminatory capabilities of the index as a predictor.ConclusionThe Continence Index will help identify older women most at risk of UI in order to apply targeted prevention strategies in women that are most likely to benefit.