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Urinary Incontinence Before and After Bariatric Surgery
Urinary Incontinence Before and After Bariatric Surgery JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE Subak, L. L., King, W. C., Belle, S. H., Chen, J., Courcoulas, A. P., Ebel, F. E., Flum, D. R., Khandelwal, S., Pender, J. R., Pierson, S. K., Pories, W. J., Steffen, K. J., Strain, G. W., Wolfe, B. M., Huang, A. J. 2015; 175 (8): 1378–87Abstract
Among women and men with severe obesity, evidence for improvement in urinary incontinence beyond the first year after bariatric surgery-induced weight loss is lacking.To examine change in urinary incontinence before and after bariatric surgery and to identify factors associated with improvement and remission among women and men in the first 3 years after bariatric surgery.The Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery 2 is an observational cohort study at 10 US hospitals in 6 geographically diverse clinical centers. Participants were recruited between February 21, 2005, and February 17, 2009. Adults undergoing first-time bariatric surgical procedures as part of clinical care by participating surgeons between March 14, 2006, and April 24, 2009, were followed up for 3 years (through October 24, 2012).Participants undergoing bariatric surgery completed research assessments before the procedure and annually thereafter.The frequency and type of urinary incontinence episodes in the past 3 months were assessed using a validated questionnaire. Prevalent urinary incontinence was defined as at least weekly urinary incontinence episodes, and remission was defined as change from prevalent urinary incontinence at baseline to less than weekly urinary incontinence episodes at follow-up.Of 2458 participants, 1987 (80.8%) completed baseline and follow-up assessments. At baseline, the median age was 47 years (age range, 18-78 years), the median body mass index was 46 kg/m2 (range, 34-94 kg/m2), and 1565 of 1987 (78.8%) were women. Urinary incontinence was more prevalent among women (49.3%; 95% CI, 46.9%-51.9%) than men (21.8%; 95% CI, 18.2%-26.1%) (P?
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