The Rate of Incidence and Improvement of Urinary Incontinence and the Factors of it in Japanese 1000 Women

Abstract

　The rate of incidence and improvement of urinary incontinence was investigated though questionnaires sent to 1000 healthy Japanese women aged 25 to 79 years. Among the 806 returned surveys we found that 338 women had experienced urinary incontinence. 221 of those who had experienced some form of urinary incontinence had subsequently improved. Results indicate that the incidence of urinary incontinence is highest among women who have experienced childbirth and/or have a high Body Mass Index (BMI) score. Problems with urinary incontinence tend to continue most often among women who have had abdominal surgery. We found that abdominal surgery was one of the factors of urinary incontinence.