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Article: Psychiatric Disorders and Sexual Trauma are Associated with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: According to New Study Published in the Journal of Urology.
- Article from:
- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- November 19, 2009
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Depression, anxiety disorders and sexual trauma have all been implicated as risk factors in lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) such as incontinence and overactive bladder. The exact nature of these associations is unknown. In a study published online in The Journal of Urology, researchers from the Division of Urology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, explored the possible association of LUTS with those factors (see also Incontinence).
Two questionnaires, the Urogenital Distress Inventory-6 and Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-7, were administered to 121 women ...