Identifying the quality of life effects of urinary incontinence with depression in an Australian population

BMC Urology

Table 3 Multivariate analysis of variables which determined incontinence with co-morbid depression

Variables	n	%	OR (95% CI)	p value
Overall health status
Excellent	9/106	8.7	*1.00*
Very Good	24/198	12.3	1.48 (0.61–3.62)	0.385
Good	20/154	13.2	1.32 (0.51–3.38)	0.568
Fair	51/116	44.1	9.84 (3.80–25.48)	<0.001
Poor	20/37	54.6	12.74 (3.78–42.95)	<0.001
Income
Up to $40,000	96/357	26.8	*1.00*
$40,001 to $80,000	12/132	9.2	0.30 (0.14–0.68)	0.004
$80,001 plus	6/40	16.3	0.38 (0.12–1.22)	0.106
Not stated	11/82	13.3	0.41 (0.18–0.95)	0.037
Smoking status
Current smoker	40/115	34.5	*1.00*
Ex smoker	32/188	16.8	0.46 (0.23–0.95)	0.035
Non smoker	54/308	17.5	0.46 (0.24–0.89)	0.021
Lifetime Occupation
Not employed	31/119	26.3	*1.00*
Managers & Administrators	6/33	18.3	0.70 (0.21–2.33)	0.561
Professionals	9/56	15.3	1.00 (0.29–3.47)	0.995
Para-Professionals	5/39	12.8	0.34 (0.08–1.40)	0.135
Tradespersons	7/42	16.9	0.25 (0.07–0.90)	0.034
Clerks	23/141	16.1	0.82 (0.37–1.84)	0.636
Sales or Service workers	19/87	21.8	1.01 (0.43–2.36)	0.989
Drivers & Machine Operators	4/16^#	23.9	--	--
Labourers	22/76	28.2	0.65 (0.26–1.58)	0.337
Not stated	0/1^#
How serious
Not very, not serious, refused	92/504	18.3	*1.00*
Very/moderately serious	33/102	32.6	2.30 (1.20–4.41)	0.012
Overall	125/610	20.5

Data Source: South Australian Health Omnibus Survey Autumn 1998.
Note The weighting of the data can result in rounding discrepancies or tables not adding.
# Numbers too small for statistical analysis.

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