OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of @entity322 and to assess care-seeking behavior for urinary symptoms among community-dwelling @entity1 . DESIGN: A community-based cross-sectional study. SETTING: Randomly selected @entity1 and @entity1 from Olmsted County, Minnesota. @entity1 : Two cohorts, one comprised of both @entity1 (n = 778) and @entity1 (n = 762) 50 years of age or older and a second comprised of @entity1 aged 40 years or older (n = 2150). MEASUREMENTS: @entity1 completed questionnaires assessing @entity322 in the previous 12 months, the number of days leaked, the amount leaked, and healthcare-seeking measures for urinary symptoms. RESULTS: In the first cohort, the prevalence of @entity322 was 24% in @entity1 and 49% in @entity1 ; 29% of @entity1 and 13% of @entity1 with @entity322 had sought care for urinary symptoms. @entity322 was more strongly associated with care-seeking measures for urinary symptoms in @entity1 (Odds Ratio (OR) = 4.3, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 2.4, 8.0) than in @entity1 (OR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.2, 3.9). Moderate or severe @entity322 was associated significantly with care-seeking for urinary symptoms (OR = 10.5, 95% CI = 5.6, 19.8). In the second cohort, the prevalence of @entity322 was 17.3%; 8.5% of @entity1 with @entity322 had sought care for urinary symptoms. @entity1 with @entity322 were 1.2 times (95% CI = .8, 1.9) as likely to seek care for urinary symptoms as @entity1 without @entity322 . CONCLUSION: Our findings indicate that although @entity322 is relatively common in the community, care-seeking for urinary symptoms among @entity1 with @entity322 is low, particularly among @entity1 , for whom the prevalence exceeds 40% between the ages of 50 and 70 years. These findings suggest that strategies to promote care-seeking for @entity322 need to be investigated and employed in the community.

XXXX in a community-based cohort: prevalence and healthcare-seeking.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'persons', 'Participants', 'Men', 'PARTICIPANTS', 'people', 'men'] @entity322 :: ('MESH:D014549', 'Disease') :: ['urinary incontinence', 'incontinence', 'Urinary incontinence']
@entity322 :: (MESH:D014549,Disease) :: ['Urinary incontinence']
