Fecal Incontinence Is Associated With Mortality Among Older Adults With Complex Needs: An Observational Cohort Study.

Objectives: Fecal incontinence (FI) is a problem in growing older populations. Validating a suspected association between FI and mortality in community dwelling older adults could lead to improved planning for and management of the increasing complex older population. In a large cohort of New Zealand older adults, we assessed the prevalence of FI, urinary incontinence (UI), combined FI and UI, and their associations with mortality.

Nocturia in adults: draft New Zealand guidelines for its assessment and management in primary care.

Nocturia is a common bothersome condition. An ad hoc group of interested clinicians from a variety of backgrounds has developed draft guidelines for the assessment and management of this condition in primary care in New Zealand. The guidelines propose four steps in the assessment and management: clinical evaluation; simple investigations; assignment of a provisional diagnosis; and management based on the provisional diagnosis.