Factors Associated with Postmenopausal Women’s Decisions to Seek Treatment for Urinary Incontinence

نویسندگان

1 Department of Geriatric Nursing and Reproductive health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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چکیده

Urinary incontinence (UI) is highly prevalent crossculturally and also a costly chronic condition (1), with high prevalence among postmenopausal women (2). International Continence Society defined UI as any complaint about involuntary urine leakage (3). UI significantly affects patients (4); avoiding its treatment might have physical, psychosocial, and economic consequences (5), and ...