Burden of Urinary Incontinence in Home Care Patients in the State of Geneva

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00530036

Enrollment

699

Registered

2007-09-17

Start date

2004-01-31

Completion date

2007-12-31

Last updated

2007-09-17

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Conditions

Urinary Incontinence

Keywords

Mortality, Patient readmission, Institutionalization

Brief summary

Urinary incontinence (UI) is a frequent problem in community-dwelling older adults and has a huge burden on health complications and healthcare costs. Although effective treatments exist, UI is frequently neglected resulting in unmet needs for continence treatment and potential negative health outcomes. The impact of UI in older patients receiving home care services has not been extensively explored. In a recent study we observed that UI was identified in 46% of 699 patients followed by the Fondation des Services d'Aide et de Soins à Domicile in Geneva but the impact of UI on outcome such as institutionalization, hospitalization or death is unknown.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

DEFINED_POPULATION

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Between July 2004 and December 2004 * 699 adults patients followed by the Fondation des Services d'Aide et de Soins à Domicile in Geneva (two region in the state of Geneva: Meyrin and St-Jean)

Outcome results