Urinary Incontinence Study

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Research UROGYNECOLOGY www. AJOG.org Urinary incontinence in women: Direct costs of routine care Leslee Subak, MD; Stephen Van Den Eeden, PhD; David Thom, MD, PhD; Jennifer M. Creasman, MSPH; Jeanette S. Brown, MD; for the Reproductive Risks for Incontinence Study at Kaiser (RRISK) Research Group OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to estimate the direct costs of routine care for urinary incontinence (UI) in community-dwelling, racially diverse women. STUDY DESIGN: In the Reproductive Risks for Incontinence Study at Kaiser population-based study, 528 women with UI weekly or more quantified resources that were used for UI. Routine care costs were calculated with the use of national resource costs ($2005). Potential predictors…show more content…
More than one-half of the cost of incontinence is attributed to routine care, including absorbent pads, protection, and laundry.3,7 Routine care costs have been estimated as $50 to $700 per person per year, with the wide variance between estimates because of the population studied, severity of incontinence, and method of cost determination. These costs have been well-studied in the nursing home population where resource use can be assessed accurately and include labor, supplies, and laundry.…show more content…
45 (30%) * No urinary incontinence or less than weekly urinary incontinence reported in the last 12 months. † ‡ § At least 1 urinary incontinent episode per week, but not daily, reported in the last 12 months. Data are given as mean Sandvik severity score.10 SD. Percentages are based on percent of all women in each category (row). Based on participant recall of the number of incontinence episodes in the past 7 days. Urge plus urge predominant incontinence combined as urge and stress plus stress predominant incontinence combined as stress incontinence. Women with 1 type of incontinence with no type contributed 50% of total incontinent episodes that were classified as “mixed” incontinence. ¶ # The Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-724 is scored on a scale of 0-100, with a higher score representing greater

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