Urinary incontinence and work capacity.

IF 1 4区医学 Q3 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Danish medical journal Pub Date : 2023-09-25

Lærke Cecilie Grøn Jensen, Susanne Axelsen

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Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to explore if and how urinary incontinence affects work capacity and work-related quality of life.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional questionnaire study using a Danish validated questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed to Danish municipal employees.

Results: The questionnaire was completed by 3,182 municipal workers 840 of whom experience urinary incontinence, which is equivalent to 26.4% of all participating municipal employees. Among these, 18.5% worried about their urinary incontinence at work, 14.1% reported that the condition disturbed their working life in a moderate to severe degree and 22% experienced interrupted night sleep caused by urinary incontinence. Physically demanding tasks were avoided by 4.5% of the municipal employees, whereas 1.5% reported sick leave. Finally, 0.5% planned early retirement due to their urinary incontinence.

Conclusions: This study revealed a 26.4% prevalence of urinary incontinence among Danish municipal employees. We conclude that urinary incontinence affected the work-related quality of life with daily worries about accidents, odours, toilet access, fluid intake and interrupted night sleep. Furthermore, in the group reporting urinary incontinence, 1.5% had sick leave and 0.5% changed their retirement plans due to incontinence.

Funding: This project was funded by "Satspuljemidler" allocated by the Danish Health Ministry to Kontinensforeningen.

Trial registration: The project is approved by the Danish Data Agency (656336).

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尿失禁和工作能力。

引言：本研究的目的是探讨尿失禁是否以及如何影响工作能力和与工作相关的生活质量。方法：这是一项横断面问卷调查，使用丹麦验证的问卷。问卷已分发给丹麦市政雇员。结果：3182名市政工作人员完成了问卷调查，其中840人患有尿失禁，占所有参与调查的市政工作人员的26.4%。其中，18.5%的人担心他们在工作中的尿失禁，14.1%的人报告说这种情况在中度到重度程度上扰乱了他们的工作生活，22%的人经历了由尿失禁引起的夜间睡眠中断。4.5%的市政雇员避免了体力要求很高的任务，而1.5%的市政雇员报告请病假。最后，0.5%的人由于尿失禁而计划提前退休。结论：本研究显示，丹麦市政雇员尿失禁的患病率为26.4%。我们得出的结论是，尿失禁影响了与工作相关的生活质量，每天都担心事故、气味、如厕、液体摄入和夜间睡眠中断。此外，在报告尿失禁的人群中，1.5%的人请了病假，0.5%的人因尿失禁改变了退休计划。资金：该项目由丹麦卫生部分配给Kontinensforeningen的“Satspuljemidler”资助。试验注册：该项目由丹麦数据局批准（656336）。

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Danish medical journal MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL-

CiteScore

2.30

自引率

6.20%

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审稿时长

3-8 weeks

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