Aging and recurrent urinary tract infections are associated with bladder dysfunction in type 2 diabetes.

Objective: The objective of this study was to demonstrate the diversity of urodynamic findings and temporal effects on bladder dysfunction in diabetes as well as to evaluate the predisposing factors that attenuate the storage and voiding function of diabetic women.

Material And Methods: In this prospective study, 181 women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and lower urinary tract dysfunction underwent complete urogynecological evaluations and urodynamic studies. The patients' histories of DM and the treatment agents used were documented from chart records and interviews.

Nursing intervention to enhance efficacy of home practice of pelvic floor muscle exercises in treating mixed urinary incontinence.

This study was conducted to evaluate nursing intervention to enhance the efficacy of a home-based pelvic floor muscle exercise (PFME) in treating mixed urinary incontinence among a community-based population. Eighty-eight women with mixed incontinence were recruited for this study and were asked to practice PFME at home as instructed. A registered nurse monitored the study group via telephone checkups twice a week.

Overweight is associated with allergy in school children of Taiwan and Vietnam but not Japan.

We collected information concerning diagnosed allergy from 2027 school children in Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam. Children were classified according to the age and sex-specific body mass index (BMI) per-age as indicator of weight status. Logistic regression was performed to examine the relationship between percentiles of BMI-per-age and allergy.

What affects the occurrence of nocturia more: menopause or age?

Objectives: Prevalence studies show that nocturia is a very common condition, affecting older age groups in particular. In this study, we evaluate (1) the community-based prevalence of nocturia and its associated overactive bladder according to the patient's perception and disturbance to sleep and (2) whether age or menopausal (MP) transition has a greater effect on the occurrence of nocturia.

Methods: The questions regarding nocturia were part of the Bristol female lower urinary tract symptoms questionnaire (translated into Mandarin, the correlation coefficient r = 0.

Exercise motivation and processes of change in community-dwelling older persons.

Although exercise is important for the health of older persons, many older persons fail to participate in exercise. Knowledge and skills about changing exercise behavior is needed for health professionals to develop appropriate interventions to engage older persons in exercise. The purpose of this study was to determine how exercise processes of change were used by community-dwelling older persons to engage in exercise.

Prevalence and correlations of anal incontinence and constipation in Taiwanese women.

Anal incontinence and constipation are not only physically and psychologically disabling symptoms but also a significant social and public health problem. The epidemiology of anal incontinence and constipation from community-bases remains largely unknown, especially in Asian women. This study is a continuation of a previous survey taken on the epidemiology of urinary incontinence and overactive bladder in Taiwanese women by using a second questionnaire (correlation coefficient for symptoms, r=0.

Is the occurrence of storage and voiding dysfunction affected by menopausal transition or associated with the normal aging process?

Objectives: To evaluate whether the increasing occurrence of urinary and voiding dysfunction is independently influenced by the transition from pre- to postmenopause or by the interactive and additive effects of age-associated changes in bladder and urethral function.

Design: Of the 1,584 women randomly sampled from a community-based health population, 1,253 (79.1%) were successfully interviewed.

Prevalence and correlation of urinary incontinence and overactive bladder in Taiwanese women.

Aims: We randomly sampled a community-based, healthy population to evaluate the prevalence and correlation of urinary incontinence and overactive bladder. We also assessed the influences of these conditions on quality of life and associated risk factors.

Methods: Of the 1,581 women sampled (2.