Urinary incontinence, the hidden health problem of Cretan women: report from a primary care survey in Greece
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Ημερομηνία
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Περιοδικό ISSN
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Εκδότης
Περίληψη
Τύπος
Είδος δημοσίευσης σε συνέδριο
Είδος περιοδικού
peer-reviewed
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Όνομα συνεδρίου
Όνομα περιοδικού
Women Health
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Σειρά βιβλίου
Έκδοση βιβλίου
Συμπληρωματικός/δευτερεύων τίτλος
Περιγραφή
OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of urine leakage and care-seeking rates of women 35-75 years of age who visited GPs in two rural areas of Crete were investigated. PARTICIPANTS: All the women who visited their family physician in two primary care units during the period of August to November 1997 (N = 251) were asked if they had experienced symptoms of involuntary urine leakage. A set of questions was addressed to the women who replied positively. RESULTS: Sixty-nine of the 251 women (27.5%) reported symptoms of involuntary urine leakage, and among the incontinent women 11 (15.9%) had previously contacted the health services about their problem. Only six out of thirty (20%) of the incontinent women who report effects on household activities, social and sexual life had contacted a physician about urinary incontinence (UI). The most common reason reported for not consulting the physicians was that the symptoms were not considered serious (35 women out of 58, 60.3%). CONCLUSION: This study points out the need for further awareness programs for both women and healthcare professionals to be set up in countries like Greece, in which a low care-seeking rate of incontinent women has been reported.
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Λέξεις-κλειδιά
Adult, Aged, Community Health Centers/utilization, Female, Greece/epidemiology, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Middle Aged, Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology/*statistics & numerical data, Prevalence, Primary Health Care/*utilization, Rural Population, Treatment Outcome, Urinary Incontinence/*epidemiology/psychology, Women's Health
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11310811
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1300/J013v31n04_04
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1300/J013v31n04_04
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en
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Εξεταστική επιτροπή
Γενική Περιγραφή / Σχόλια
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Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής