Prevalence of anal incontinence in adults and impact on quality-of-life.
Gastroenterol Clin Biol
; 30(1): 37-43, 2006 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-16514381
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the prevalence of anal incontinence in the general population and in patients consulting gastroenterologist and gynecologist practices in the Rhône Alpes area.METHODS:
For the first study a questionnaire was sent to a sample of 2800 people selected randomly from the electoral roll. Another study of patients selected randomly among patients attending gynecology and gastroenterology consultations was performed. A Jorge & Wexner score above or equal to 5 was used to define anal incontinence.RESULTS:
For the first study, a total of 706 questionnaires was analyzed the prevalence of anal incontinence was 5.1% [95% CI 3.6-7.0] and the scores of each dimension of the SF-12 Health Survey were significantly lower among incontinent people than among continent people. The prevalence was significantly higher for women (7.5% [5.0-10.7]) than for men (2.4% [1.1-4.7]). Eighty-four physicians returned 835 valid questionnaires. The prevalence was 13.1% [10.1-16.6] among patients attending gastroenterology consultations and 5.0% [3.1-7.6] among those attending gynecology consultations. For 84.8% of the incontinent patients, the physician was unaware of the patient's disorder.CONCLUSION:
The prevalence figures we obtained coincide with data in the literature. This disorder is common and affects the patient's quality-of-life, but remains underestimated and under-diagnosed.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Incontinência Fecal
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Gastroenterol Clin Biol
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article