Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học ngành y học tạp chí Medical Sciences dành cho các bạn sinh viên ngành y tham khảo đề tài: Prevalence of Overactive Bladder, its Under-Diagnosis, and Risk Factors in a Male Urologic Veterans Population. | Int. J. Med. Sci. 2010 7 391 International Journal of Medical Sciences 2010 7 6 391-394 Ivyspring International Publisher. All rights reserved Research Paper Prevalence of Overactive Bladder its Under-Diagnosis and Risk Factors in a Male Urologic Veterans Population Wellman W Cheung1 William Blank1 Dorota Borawski1 William Tran1 Martin H Bluth2 1. SUNY Downstate Medical School Department of Urology Brooklyn NY USA 2. Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Pathology Detroit MI USA H Corresponding author Wellman W Cheung MD SUNY Downstate Medical Center Departments of Urology and Obstetrics Gynecology 450 Clarkson Avenue Brooklyn NY 11230. Email Received Accepted Published Abstract Purpose We assess the prevalence of overactive bladder OAB and its risk factors in a male urologic veterans population. Materials and Methods Validated self-administered questionnaire was prospectively given. Results Among 1086 patients OAB was present in 75 of which 48 had not been diagnosed treated. The risk of OAB increased with age. OAB was not associated with BMI smoking race diabetes CHF and COPD. Conclusions The prevalence of OAB in this population is under-diagnosed and under-treated. Key words overactive bladder OAB incontinence male urology veterans INTRODUCTION Recent international population and non-population studies reported overactive bladder OAB in 10-17 of the adult population depending on 2 3 4 In the . a population-based study reported that of men and of women experienced No study has examined the prevalence of OAB in the urologic population which is expected to be much higher. Some studies have reported association of OAB with age men and women body mass index - BMI female menopause female constipation female episiotomy female and beer consumption men . 2 6 7 8 In this prospective cohort study we assess the prevalence of OAB in urologic male veterans population the .
