NHLBI poster: Urinary incontinence in women with asthma Noreen M. Clark Center for Managing Chronic Disease University of Michigan

1. Urinary incontinence in women with asthma Noreen M. Clark, Molly X. Gong, University of Michigan
Jimmy Yu, Xihong Lin, School of Public Health
Melissa A. Valerio, William Bria,
and Timothy Johnson Supported by:
NHLBI Lung Division Grant HL60884
Table 1 - Demographic and Other Factors Table 4 - Quality of Life, Self-Esteem, & Social Support
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urinary incontinence in the past 12 months. Results from descriptive • Gender related management behaviors
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2. Table 2 - Asthma Symptoms
p=.004), history of heavy smoking (OR=2.27, p=.0003), ever been
pregnant (OR=2.50, p=.0001), and higher body mass index Data Analysis 5HODWLYH 5LVN
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(BMI: 31.4 vs. 27.3, p=.0001), while it was not related to education, A dichotomous variable (1= yes to incontinence, 0=no) was
income, marital status, and exercise habits. Women with urinary created to explore the factors associated with urinary 'DWLPH
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utilization than those without incontinence. The relative risk (RR) Univariate logistic, Poisson regression models t-tests were
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was 1.57 (p=.02) for asthma hospitalizations, 1.46 for unscheduled S S S
office visits (p=.0001), 1.19 for visits to follow up an episode of and p-values.
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asthma (p=.05). Urinary incontinence was found to be significantly
associated with low level of overall quality of life (OR=1.03, p=.002),
self-esteem (OR=1.04, p=.03), and social support (OR=1.03, p=.08). Findings HV Conclusions
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• Over half of the women with asthma reported a problem
Background Prevalence
Of the 439 women with asthma, 54.4% reported that they
with urinary incontinence during the past 12 months.
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Urinary incontinence is a common problem and notably under re- months. S S older age, not working for pay, ever been pregnant,
ported especially in women with respiratory diseases (Brown, et al., history of smoking, and a higher body mass index.
Table 3 - Health Care Utilization
1996). The purpose of the study is to examine the factors associ- ([SHULHQFHG XULQDU LQFRQWLQHQFH • Women with urinary incontinence reported more days of
ated with urinary incontinence in women with asthma. SUREOHP LQ SDVW PRQWKV 5HODWLYH 5LVN
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Brown JS, Seeley DG, Fong J, Black DM, et al., Urinary incontinence in older women: who is at risk? Study of Osteoporotic Fractures
Research Group. Obstet Gynecol. 1996; 87: 715-721. hospitalizations and clinic visits compared with women
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Over 400 women aged 18 and older with a physician diagnosis have 1R RIILFH YLVLWV • Urinary incontinence was significantly associated with
been recruited for participation. lower self-esteem, social support, and overall quality of
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Age: 8% between the ages of 18 - 30 life in women with asthma.
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Race/Ethnicity: 85% Caucasian/white • The impact of urinary incontinence in women with asthma
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Education: 51% with 4 yr. college or more
26% HS graduate