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The Spectrum of Bladder Health: The Relationship Between Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Interference with Activities
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Sutcliffe, Siobhan; Bavendam, Tamara; Cain, Charles; Epperson, C Neill; Fitzgerald, Colleen M; Gahagan, Sheila; Markland, Alayne D; Shoham, David A; Smith, Ariana L; Townsend, Mary K; Rudser, Kyle; Brubaker, Linda; Mueller, Elizabeth; Hardacker, Cecilia T; Hebert-Beirne, Jennifer M; Lavender, Missy; Burgio, Kathryn; Lewis, Cora Beth; McGwin, Gerald; Williams, Beverly; Lukacz, Emily S; LaCoursiere, D Yvette; Nodora, Jesse N; Miller, Janis M; Chin-I An, Lawrence; Low, Lisa Kane; Harlow, Bernard; Brady, Sonya S; Connett, John; Chu, Haitao; Fok, Cynthia; Lindberg, Sarah; Rockwood, Todd; Newman, Diane Kaschak; Berry, Amanda; Schmitz, Kathryn H; Stapleton, Ann; Wyman, Jean; McNicholas, Colleen; James, Aimee; Lowder, Jerry; Rickey, Leslie; Camenga, Deepa; Chai, Toby; Lewis, Jessica B; Palmer, Mary H; Kirkali, Ziya; Mullins, Chris; Norton, Jenna
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Journal of Women's Health. 28(6)
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Abstract
Background: Little research to date has focused on lower urinary tract symptom (LUTS) prevention and bladder health promotion in women. To address this gap, the Prevention of LUTS Research Consortium developed the following working bladder health definition: "A complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being related to bladder function [that] permits daily activities [and] allows optimal well-being." To begin to inform and quantify this definition, we used data from the Boston Area Community Health Survey, drawing upon its rare collection of information on LUTS and LUTS-specific interference with activities. Methods: At baseline, participants reported their frequency of 15 LUTS and interference with 7 activities. Prevalence ratios (PRs) were calculated by generalized linear models with robust variance estimation, adjusting for LUTS risk factors and individual LUTS. Results: Of the 3169 eligible participants, 17.5% reported no LUTS or interference, whereas the remaining 82.5% reported some frequency of LUTS/interference: 15.1% rarely; 21.7% a few times; 22.6% fairly often/usually; and 22.9% almost always. LUTS independently associated with interference were urgency incontinence, any incontinence, urgency, nocturia, perceived frequency, and urinating again after