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Questions |
Possible responses | Response associated with higher incontinence risk | GEE* | PHREG** |
| P value | P value | Hazard ratio |
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| F1 | What about problems with constipation in the past 12 months? | (1) Yes
(2) No
(3) Don’t know. | Yes |
0.0108 | 0.0162 | 1.53 |
| F2 | In general, how would you describe your health? Would you say that it is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor? | (1) Excel
(2) V. Good
(3) Good
(4) Fair
(5) Poor
(6) Don’t know | Poor | 0.0139 | 0.0122 | 0.57 |
| F3 | Have you had any blood, cloudiness, or foul smell in your urine in the past 12 months? | (1) Yes
(2) No
(3) Don’t know. | Yes | 0.0287 | 0.0241 | 2.02 |
| F4 | In general, over a 24-hour period, about how many times do you go to the toilet and urinate? | | At least 8 times | 0.0038 | 0.0026 | 1.60 |
| F5 | Have you ever had female surgery such as your ovaries, vagina, fallopian tubes, uterus, rectum, or urethra? | (1) Yes
(2) No
(3) Don’t know. | Yes | 0.0044 | 0.0620 | 1.70 |
| F6 | Do you have trouble getting to the bathroom on time? | (1) Yes
(2) No
(3) Don’t know. | Yes | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 6.86 |
| F7 | How often do you wet or soil yourself during the day or night? | (1) Would you say never
(2) Less than once a week
(3) Once or twice a week
(4) Three or more times a week | At least once a week | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 31.53 |
| F8 | Some people find that occasionally they experience wet undergarments soon after they empty their bladders into the toilet. In other words, the bladder feels empty, but later leaks more. Is this ever true for you? | (1) Yes
(2) No
(3) Don’t know | Yes | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 4.75 |
| F9 | How about your memory? Has it become worse within the last five years? | (1) Yes
(2) No
(3) Don’t know. | Yes | 0.0224 | 0.0141 | 1.47 |
| F10 | How likely do you think it is that you will have a urine loss condition in the future? | (1) Is it very likely
(2) Somewhat likely
(3) A little likely
(4) Not likely at all | (1) Very likely
(2) Somewhat likely | 0.0003 | <0.0001 | 3.34 |
| F11 | In an average week, would you say that you get a large amount of exercise, a fair amount of exercise, a little exercise, or no exercise? | (1) Large amount,
(2) Fair amount
(3) A little
(4) No exercise at all
(5) Don’t know | (3) A little
(4) No exercise at all | 0.0098 | 0.0563 | 1.44 |
| F12 | How often do you run errands outside the home for either family members or friends? (Would you say…) | (1) Al. everyday
(2) ≥1/week
(3) 1 or 2/month
(4) Few/year
(5) Less often than that
(6)Don’t know. | (4) Few/year, or
(5) Less often than that | 0.0333 | 0.0236 | 0.69 |
| F13 | In the past 12 months, have you had to use a catheter or urine tube to empty your bladder? | (1) Yes
(2) No
(3) Don’t know | Yes | 0.0133 | 0.0038 | 0.20 |
| F14 | Have you ever been told by a doctor that you had high blood pressure? | (1) Yes
(2) No
(3) Don’t know. | Yes | 0.0287 | 0.0148 | 0.66 |
| F15 | When you go for visits to your doctor (regular doctor), does your doctor ask you if you are having any problems with urine loss or bladder control problems? | (1) Yes
(2) No
(3) Not regular
(4) Don’t know | (2) No
or
(3) Not regularly | 0.0062 | 0.0028 | 0.62 |
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