A questionnaire survey to assess lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with chronic stroke

• Published in: Neurourology and urodynamics Vol. 36; no. 7; pp. 1890 - 1895
• Main Authors: Miyazato, Minoru, Tana, Takeshi, Higa, Akira, Wakugami, Kiyoshi, Tokashiki, Takashi, Sakima, Hirokuni, Maehara, Aiwa, Ashikari, Asuka, Oshiro, Takuma, Ohya, Yusuke, Saito, Seiichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Age; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Chronic Disease; chronic stroke; Comorbidity; Coronary artery disease; Depressive Disorder - epidemiology; Exercise; Family medical history; Female; Heart diseases; Humans; Hypertension - epidemiology; incontinence; Ischemia; Japan - epidemiology; lower urinary tract symptoms; Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms - epidemiology; Male; Mental depression; Middle Aged; Myocardial Ischemia - epidemiology; Neurological diseases; nocturia; Nocturia - epidemiology; Physical activity; Prevalence; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Rehabilitation; Sex Factors; Stroke; Stroke - epidemiology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Urinary bladder; Urinary Bladder, Overactive - epidemiology; Urinary incontinence; Urinary Incontinence - epidemiology; Urinary Incontinence, Stress - epidemiology; Urinary Incontinence, Urge - epidemiology; Urinary tract; Urogenital system; nocturia; chronic stroke; incontinence; lower urinary tract symptoms; physical activity

Objectives In this study, we evaluated the prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms and the associated clinical features in patients with chronic stroke. Methods Patients with stroke who had been regularly followed up at general medical hospitals in Okinawa, Japan were enrolled in the study. The p...