Table 3 UI prevalence according to some demographic variables in the participants
From: Urinary incontinence and related quality of life among elderly women in Tabas, South Khorasan, Iran
UI Variable | Yes | No | Total | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | %* | |||
Age | 60–69 | 65 | 23.4 | 213 | 76.6 | 278 | 75.3 | 0.04 |
70–79 | 18 | 29.5 | 43 | 70.5 | 61 | 16.5 | ||
80 and above | 9 | 30 | 21 | 70 | 30 | 8.1 | ||
History of abortion | Yes | 36 | 26.7 | 99 | 73.3 | 135 | 36.6 | 0.08 |
No | 56 | 23.9 | 178 | 76.1 | 234 | 63.4 | ||
Level of Education | Illiterate | 29 | 25 | 87 | 75 | 116 | 31.4 | 0.95 |
elementary | 52 | 28.6 | 160 | 75.5 | 212 | 57.5 | ||
Middle school and above | 11 | 26.8 | 30 | 73.2 | 41 | 11.2 | ||
Marital status | Married | 62 | 23.8 | 199 | 76.2 | 261 | 70.7 | 0.42 |
Unmarried | 30 | 27.8 | 78 | 72.2 | 108 | 29.3 | ||
History of cesarean section | Yes | 5 | 13.5 | 32 | 86.5 | 37 | 10 | 0.03 |
No | 87 | 26.2 | 245 | 73.8 | 332 | 90 | ||
Employment status | Outdoor job | 2 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.15 |
Housewife | 83 | 24.4 | 257 | 75.6 | 340 | 92.1 | ||
Retired | 7 | 25.9 | 20 | 74.1 | 27 | 7.3 | ||
Life style | With husband | 62 | 23.6 | 201 | 76.4 | 263 | 55 | 0.03 |
With single children | 7 | 35 | 13 | 65 | 20 | 21.6 | ||
With married children | 4 | 25 | 12 | 75 | 16 | 3 | ||
Alone | 19 | 27.1 | 51 | 72.9 | 70 | 11.6 | ||
Medication use | Yes | 87 | 28.2 | 222 | 71.8 | 309 | 83.7 | 0.001 |
No | 5 | 8.3 | 55 | 91.7 | 60 | 16.3 | ||
*Total percent | ||||||||