1. Anxiety and depression in women with urinary incontinence using E-health
- Author
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Elisabet Wasteson, Anna Lindam, Nils Hansson Vikström, and Eva Samuelsson
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medicine.medical_specialty ,020205 medical informatics ,Epidemiology ,Urology ,Urinary Incontinence, Stress ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Urinary incontinence ,Reproduktionsmedicin och gynekologi ,02 engineering and technology ,Anxiety ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Urologi och njurmedicin ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,medicine ,eHealth ,Urology and Nephrology ,Humans ,Psychiatry ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,High prevalence ,business.industry ,Depression ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Middle Aged ,Telemedicine ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Original Article ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Introduction and hypothesis Previous studies have found high prevalence rates of anxiety and depression in women with urinary incontinence (UI). This study investigates the prevalence in women who had turned to eHealth for treatment of UI and identifies possible factors associated with depression. Methods We analyzed data from two randomized controlled trials evaluating eHealth treatment for UI, including 373 women with stress UI (SUI), urgency UI (UUI), or mixed UI (MUI). We used the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and defined a score of ≥8 as depression or anxiety. The ICIQ-UI-SF questionnaire was used to score incontinence severity. Logistic regression was used to determine factors associated with depression and anxiety. Results Women with UUI or MUI were older than women with SUI, mean age 58.3 vs 48.6 years (p = Conclusion The odds of depression in women with MUI/UUI were increased compared with SUI. The prevalence of anxiety and depression was considerably lower than reported in large cross-sectional surveys. Socioeconomic differences may partly explain this finding, as the use of eHealth still is more common among highly educated women.
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- 2020