[Prevalence of urinary incontinence in people aged 65 years and older: results from the study EUCALYPTUS].

INTRODUCTION

Urinary incontinence (UI) is any involuntary leakage of urine. It is a common and distressing problem, which may have a large impact of quality of life.

AIM: To assess the prevalence of UI in people over the age of 65.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

Participants were 4308 elderly individuals (1292 men and 3016 women) with an average age of 78+/-8 years.

RESULTS

UI was detected in 1953 patients (45,3%), including urgent UI in 25,8%, stress UI in 12,3% and mixed UI in 8,3% cases. There was a clear tendency to higher incidence of all types of UI with age. Our data show the need for mandatory consultation with a urologist for all person over the age of 65.