Urinary incontinence and quality of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Aging clinical and experimental research Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 25 - 35
• Main Authors: Pizzol, Damiano, Demurtas, Jacopo, Celotto, Stefano, Maggi, Stefania, Smith, Lee, Angiolelli, Gabriele, Trott, Mike, Yang, Lin, Veronese, Nicola
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.01.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aging; Case-Control Studies; Confidence intervals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Humans; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Meta-analysis; Older people; Primary care; Quality of Life; Review; Review Article; Systematic review; Urinary Incontinence; Urine; Urinary incontinence; Quality of life; Meta-analysis
• ISSN: 1720-8319; 1594-0667; 1720-8319
• DOI: 10.1007/s40520-020-01712-y

Background Urinary incontinence (UI) and low quality of life (QoL) are two common conditions. Some recent literature proposed that these two entities can be associated. However, no attempt was made to collate this literature. Therefore, the aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review and me...