Via practica 4/2011

Incontinence in old age

The urinary incontinence is the condition, when the subject is not able to voluntary control the urination. It happens to lose the urine involuntary. In the patient older than 65th year it becomes a common medical problem, more frequent than osteoporosis, cancers and cardiovascular diseases. It is not only medical, but also socio-economic problem. It seriously affects the patient’s life and its quality. New findings about pathogeneses make this problem to be treated better. Urinary incontinence in elderly is multidisciplinary proposition and a successful treatment depends on the urological cooperation with geriatrist, gynaecologist, physiotherapist, nurse and especially family.

Keywords: urinary incontinence, old age, multimorbidity