Journal article
A 10-Year Follow-Up of Urinary and Fecal Incontinence among the Oldest Old in the Community: The Canadian Study of Health and Aging
Abstract
Urinary incontinence is common in the elderly. The epidemiology of fecal and double (urinary and fecal) incontinence is less known. The Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA) is a national study of elderly living in the community at baseline (n = 8,949) and interviewed in 1991-1992, 1996, and 2001. Using data from the CSHA, we report the prevalence of urinary, fecal, and double incontinence in each wave and the cumulative incidence between …
Authors
Østbye T; Seim A; Krause KM; Feightner J; Hachinski V; Sykes E; Hunskaar S
Journal
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 319–331
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
2004
DOI
10.1353/cja.2005.0024
ISSN
0714-9808