Prevalence and bother of postmicturition dribble in Finnish men aged 30-80 years: Tampere Ageing Male Urologic Study (TAMUS).
Scand J Urol Nephrol
; 46(6): 418-23, 2012 Dec.
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and bother of postmicturition dribble in relation to age in the male population. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Information for a population-based study was collected by means of a mailed self-administered questionnaire, which was returned by 4384 men out of 7470 (58.7%). The participants were men aged 30-80 years from the Pirkanmaa Region in Finland. The Danish Prostatic Symptom Score (DAN-PSS-1) questionnaire was used to evaluate their urinary symptoms. SPSS was used in the data analysis. Two-sided chi-squared test and Kendall tau-b test were used for analysis. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of postmicturition dribble was 58.1% (95% confidence interval 56.6-59.6). Prevalence of postmicturition dribble increased with age (p < 0.001). In men aged 60-80 years, two-thirds reported postmicturition dribble and approximately one out of four had dribbling into their trousers after voiding. In the 30-year-old group, over 40% reported postmicturition dribble and almost one out of five had also dribbling into their trousers. One out of five men in the 30-year-old group reported minor bother; the proportion of men reporting bother increased with age to one-third of the men in the oldest cohort (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of the postmicturition dribble was found to be high in this survey. Half of the 30-year-old men and two-thirds of the men aged 60-80 years had postmicturition dribble. Dribbling into trousers increased with age but as a severe symptom, it was rare (0.5%). Minor problems from postmicturition dribble were common, but major bother occurred seldom (1.1%).
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Micción
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Síntomas del Sistema Urinario Inferior
Tipo de estudio:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
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En
Revista:
Scand J Urol Nephrol
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Finlandia
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido