Urinary incontinence, the hidden health problem of Cretan women: report from a primary care survey in Greece

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dc.contributor.authorLionis, C.en
dc.contributor.authorVlachonikolis, L.en
dc.contributor.authorBathianaki, M.en
dc.contributor.authorDaskalopoulos, G.en
dc.contributor.authorAnifantaki, S.en
dc.contributor.authorCranidis, A.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-24T18:56:40Z
dc.date.available2015-11-24T18:56:40Z
dc.identifier.issn0363-0242-
dc.identifier.urihttps://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/19077
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dc.subjectAdulten
dc.subjectAgeden
dc.subjectCommunity Health Centers/utilizationen
dc.subjectFemaleen
dc.subjectGreece/epidemiologyen
dc.subjectHealth Services Needs and Demanden
dc.subjectHumansen
dc.subjectMiddle Ageden
dc.subjectPatient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology/*statistics & numerical dataen
dc.subjectPrevalenceen
dc.subjectPrimary Health Care/*utilizationen
dc.subjectRural Populationen
dc.subjectTreatment Outcomeen
dc.subjectUrinary Incontinence/*epidemiology/psychologyen
dc.subjectWomen's Healthen
dc.titleUrinary incontinence, the hidden health problem of Cretan women: report from a primary care survey in Greeceen
heal.abstractOBJECTIVE: 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.en
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heal.identifier.secondaryhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11310811-
heal.identifier.secondaryhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1300/J013v31n04_04-
heal.journalNameWomen Healthen
heal.journalTypepeer-reviewed-
heal.languageen-
heal.publicationDate2000-
heal.recordProviderΠανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικήςel
heal.typejournalArticle-
heal.type.elΆρθρο Περιοδικούel
heal.type.enJournal articleen

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