SynthesisAging clinical and experimental research2023
The impact of urinary incontinence on multiple health outcomes: an umbrella review of meta-analysis of observational studies.
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- Effects of auriculotherapy on urinary incontinence in men with prostate cancer: a randomized controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Trial
- Continence Impairment and Depressive Symptoms Jointly Identify Older Adults at Increased Risk of Mortality: Parallel Analyses From NHANES and CHARLS.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2026Article
- Assessing the Knowledge and Awareness of Urinary Incontinence Among Urogynecology Clinic Patients in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study.Research and reports in urology · 2026Article
- The prevalence of functional urinary incontinence and its association with comprehensive geriatric assessment parameters in older women.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Adverse Social Determinants of Health and Urinary Incontinence Among Older Adult Women in Home Health Care.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2025Article
- Structural analysis of women's social representations of urinary incontinence.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2025Article
- Outcome of post-prostatectomy stress urinary incontinence surgery in men with preoperative idiopathic detrusor overactivity.BJUI compass · 2024Review
- Evaluation and management of urinary incontinence in nursing home residents: unique considerations for an at-risk population.Gynecology and pelvic medicine · 2024Review
- Prevalence and co-incidence of geriatric syndromes according to the ECOG performance status in older cancer patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimWe aimed to capture the breadth of health outcomes that have been associated with the presence of Urinary Incontinence (UI) and systematically assess the quality, strength, and credibility of these associations through an umbrella review and integrated meta-analyses.
methodsWe assessed meta-analyses of observational studies based on random-effect summary effect sizes and their p-values, 95% prediction intervals, heterogeneity, small-study effects, and excess significance. We graded the evidence from convincing (Class I) to weak (Class IV). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: From 3172 articles returned in search of the literature, 9 systematic reviews were included with a total of 41 outcomes. Overall, 37 out of the 41 outcomes reported nominally significant summary results (p < 0.05), with 22 associations surviving the application of a more stringent p-value (p < 10
conclusionsUI is associated with female sexual dysfunction, with highly suggestive evidence. However, the evidence of other adverse outcomes including depression, anxiety, poorer QoL, higher mortality, falls, pressure ulcers, diabetes, arthritis, fecal incontinence, and frailty is only weak. A multidimensional approach should be taken in managing UI in the clinical setting.
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