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- Title
Incontinence Quality of Life Instrument in a survey of primary care patients.
- Authors
Finkelstein, Murray M.; Skelly, Jennifer; Kaczorowski, Janusz; Swanson, Graham
- Abstract
OBJECTIVE To assess the performance of the Incontinence Quality of Life (I-QOL) Instrument in measuring the impact of urinary incontinence on the quality of life of family medicine patients. STUDY DESIGN Postal survey. Multiple imputations of missing answers. Linear regression analysis of I-QOL predictors. Comparison by receiver operating characteristic of the I-QOL and the Short Form 12 (SF-12). POPULATION Women 45 years or older attending either of 2 family medicine clinics. Response rate was 605 (6l%) of 992. OUTCOMES MEASURED Prevalence of stress, urge, and mixed incontinence. Scores on the I-QOL and SF-12 instalments. RESULTS Of the 605 respondents, 310 (51%) reported urinary incontinence in the month before the survey. One or more items were missing on 19% of the I-QOL scales and scores were imputed. The relation between I-QOL and the number of leakage episodes was nonlinear. I-QOL scores decreased with the number of episodes, the amount of leakage, and poorer general health. There was no association between the I-QOL and age, education, or type of incontinence. The I-QOL was more sensitive than the SF-12 to the statement, "urinary incontinence is a problem." CONCLUSIONS The I-QOL is a useful instrument for the investigation of incontinence-related quality of life in the community setting.
- Subjects
QUALITY of life; PRIMARY care; MEDICAL care; MEDICAL research; FAMILY medicine
- Publication
Journal of Family Practice, 2002, Vol 51, Issue 11, p952
- ISSN
0094-3509
- Publication type
Article