Open AccessTrends in Urodynamic Procedures, Surgical Procedures, and Overall Health Resource Utilization in the Adult Taiwanese Population With Urinary Incontinence: A Secondary Data Analysis
Author(s) -
Lan Fang Hsu,
Ling-Yin Chang,
Yuan Mei Liao,
Shauh Der Yeh,
Pei Shan Tsai
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of nursing research/the journal of nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1948-965X
pISSN - 1682-3141
DOI - 10.1097/jnr.0000000000000254
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , logistic regression , urinary incontinence , population , health care , demography , natural history , gerontology , environmental health , surgery , sociology , optics , economics , economic growth , physics
The prevalence and incidence of the main risk factors for urinary incontinence (UI) have both increased over time. In addition, official statistics indicate that Taiwan is on course to evolve from an aging society into an aged society within the next decade. However, most of the studies in the literature that address the natural history of UI target Western and other non-Asian populations. Taiwan lacks knowledge of the natural history of UI.