Link Between Dementia and Urinary Incontinence Identified

Dementia patients are more likely to be diagnosed with urinary or fecal incontinence, says study published in PLOS Medicine. Furthermore, patients with dementia and incontinence were more likely to receive incontinence medications and indwelling catheters than those with incontinence but without dementia, the authors state. The authors analyzed records of patients in The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database, a database of nearly 500 UK primary care ...

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