Background: More than half of older adults experience urinary (UI) or fecal incontinence (FI),
but the majority have never discussed symptoms with health care providers. Little is known …

Background & Aims Fecal incontinence (FI) affects 15% of people age 70 years and older,
but only 10% to 30% discuss FI with their physicians. We aimed to identify barriers that …

The Importance of Screening, Assessing, and Managing Urinary Incontinence in Primary Care
Page 1 102 VOLUME 15, ISSUE 3, MARCH 2003 CLINICAL PRACTICE The Importance of …

Background. Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common but undertreated condition in older
adults. The study objective was to determine older patients' characteristics related to …

Objective: To determine the difference in the recognition and intervention/referral rates for
urinary incontinence (UI) by out‐patient Geriatric Assessment Units (GAUs) and private …

Background: Although urinary incontinence is a challenge and a burden to older patients,
many clinicians fail to query older patients about incontinence symptoms or, even when …

Fecal incontinence (FI) is a preva-lent symptom (up to 15% of adults) that may have a
devastating impact on quality of life: it may lead to social isolation or early admission to a …

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether a multifaceted intervention based on the Agency for
Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) Clinical Practice Guidelines for Urinary …

Background: A minority of women with urinary incontinence (UI) and even fewer with fecal
incontinence (FI) report having discussed it with a health care provider in the past year. Thus …

OBJECTIVE: We sought to estimate the frequency of self-reported fecal incontinence (FI),
identify what proportion of these patients have a diagnosis of FI in their medical record, and …