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Clinical Trial
. 2007 Jul;197(1):92.e1-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.03.072.

Race and ethnicity do not contribute to differences in preoperative urinary incontinence severity or symptom bother in women who undergo stress incontinence surgery

Stephen R Kraus  1 , Alayne Markland, Toby C Chai, Anne Stoddard, Mary Pat FitzGerald, Wendy Leng, Veronica Mallett, Sharon L Tennstedt; Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network
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Clinical Trial

Race and ethnicity do not contribute to differences in preoperative urinary incontinence severity or symptom bother in women who undergo stress incontinence surgery

Stephen R Kraus et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Jul.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether race/ethnicity affects urinary incontinence (UI) severity and bother in women who undergo surgery for stress incontinence.

Study design: We used baseline data from participants in the Stress Incontinence Surgical Treatment Efficacy trial. UI severity was measured by the number of leakage episodes during a 3-day urinary diary and by urodynamic evaluation. UI bother was measured with the Urogenital Distress Inventory. Race/ethnicity classification was based on self-report.

Results: Of the 654 women, 72 women (11%) were Hispanic; 480 women (73%) were non-Hispanic white; 44 women (6.7%) were non-Hispanic black, and 58 women (8.9%) were of other race/ethnicity. No differences were seen in any UI severity measures. Non-Hispanic white women had the lowest Urogenital Distress Inventory scores on bivariate analysis, which was explained by socioeconomic status, body mass index, and age on multivariate analysis.

Conclusion: Factors other than racial/ethnic differences underlie variations in UI symptoms and bother in this group of women who sought surgery for stress incontinence.

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