Comparison of anxiety between patients with mixed incontinence and those with stress urinary incontinence.
Scand J Urol Nephrol
; 41(5): 403-6, 2007.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Some authors insist that patients with mixed incontinence (MI) suffer from more anxiety than those with pure stress urinary incontinence (SUI) due to the added emotional stress caused by various symptoms of an overactive bladder. We objectively evaluated and compared the degree of anxiety between the two groups. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Among 172 patients who presented with urinary incontinence, 118 showed MI and 54 SUI. They were surveyed regarding their anxiety using the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) questionnaire.RESULTS:
The mean BAI score was 12.0+/-8.8 in the MI group and 7.8+/-5.2 in the SUI group and this difference was statistically significant (p<0.05).CONCLUSIONS:
This study provides objective evidence that patients with MI have a higher degree of anxiety than those with pure SUI. Therefore, we suggest that doctors should pay more attention to anxiety symptoms when caring for patients with MI.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ansiedade
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Incontinência Urinária por Estresse
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Incontinência Urinária de Urgência
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Scand J Urol Nephrol
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Coréia do Sul