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To understand the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) and its related factors so as to develop a three-tier program for prevention of the disease.
A cross-sectional study was carried out in two townships of Jixian county, Tianjin, during July to November 2007. A total of 743 people aged 60 years and over were selected under cluster sampling, and all information were collected with a standardized structured questionnaire by face-to-face interview. All the data were analyzed with multivariate logistic regression method to explore the related factors for UI in the elderly.
The overall prevalence of UI was 33.38 percent among people aged 60 years and over in two townships. Risk factors for UI in men would include older age (OR = 1.39), occupation (OR = 5.00), awareness of UI (OR = 1.91), having in chronic respiratory diseases (OR = 2.23), prostate (OR = 11.47), neurological (OR = 11.76), or motor systems (OR = 2.48), while protective factors would include high educational level (taking primary school or below