caa a22 4500 397498756 CHVBK 20180308164527.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199503 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/fampra/12.1.18 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/fampra/12.1.18 Female urinary incontinence—consultation behaviour and patient experiences: an epidemiological survey in a Norwegian community [Elektronische Daten] [Arnfinn Seim, Hogne Sandvik, Ragnar Hermstad, Steinar Hunskaar] The objective was to study explanatory factors for help-seeking among incontinent women, and what was the outcome of the treatment. A questionnaire was mailed to all 2366 women aged 20 or over in the rural community of Rissa, Norway. Women confirming incontinence gave information about duration, precipitating factors, frequency, amount of leakage, and impact. Questions about doctor consultation or planned consultation, treatment and results were included. Women with incontinence which had resolved without treatment were also recorded. A total of 77% answered the questionnaire. Twenty per cent of women with incontinence (n = 535) had consulted a doctor, 18% had planned to consult. Increasing age and duration, and urge/mixed type of incontinence were determinative factors for doctor consultation, while increasing severity and impact were determinative for planned consultation. Drugs, exercises, pads, and electrostimulation were all important treatment options: 21% were cured, 40% much better after treatment. Of all the women, 8% reported that they had been incontinent in the past, and only 18% of these had consulted a doctor. © Oxford University Press Original articles nationallicence Seim Arnfinn Medical Officer of Health, Rissa Municipality, Norway, Norway aut Sandvik Hogne Division for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen Norway aut Hermstad Ragnar Medical Officer of Health, Rissa Municipality, Norway, Norway aut Hunskaar Steinar Division for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen Norway aut Family Practice Oxford University Press 12/1(1995-03), 18-21 0263-2136 12:1<18 1995 12 famprj https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/12.1.18 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/12.1.18 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Seim Arnfinn Medical Officer of Health, Rissa Municipality, Norway, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sandvik Hogne Division for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hermstad Ragnar Medical Officer of Health, Rissa Municipality, Norway, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hunskaar Steinar Division for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Family Practice Oxford University Press 12/1(1995-03), 18-21 0263-2136 12:1<18 1995 12 famprj Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford