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PURPOSE: To compare self-reported function and disability between women with
urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) and healthy controls. METHOD: Self-reported
function and disability were evaluated using the Late Life Function and
Disability Instrument (LLFDI) in 66 women with UUI (mean age 61.9 +/- 5.6) and 66
age-matched control women without UUI in a cross-sectional study. The function
component evaluates difficulty in performing physical activities in upper and
lower extremities and the disability component evaluates limitations in life
activities and frequency in taking part in life tasks. Body Mass Index (BMI),
self-report incontinence quality of life questionnaire (I-QoL) and Visual Analog
Scale (VAS) that indicate the degree to which the bladder problems limited the
subject's daily life activity were also evaluated. RESULTS:
The LLFDI scores in
overall function, basic and advanced lower limb function, were significantly
lower in women with UUI compared with continent women, while the upper extremity
function and disability components were not. There was significant negative
correlation between BMI and function scores in women with UUI. CONCLUSION: Our
results support the assumptions that the women with UUI are likely to show poorer
lower extremity physical functioning and that disability is a multifactorial
combination of behavioral, psychological and environmental factors, and not
functional limitations per se.

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