Incidence of Dementia Among Medicare Beneficiaries With and Without Urinary Incontinence
Among female Medicare beneficiaries without baseline neurologic disorders, having any UI diagnosis was associated with a lower risk of dementia diagnosis. Further studies assessing UI symptoms and dementia diagnosis with rigorous and valid assessment tools are needed to confirm this finding.
Authors
- Rachel High (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3717-0893)
- Cassie B. Ford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5940-2552)
- Jennifer T. Anger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3897-5941)
- Victoria L. Handa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7635-234X)
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Urogynecology
- Published
- 2024-08-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/spv.0000000000001552
- Primary Topic
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00