According to a consensus report published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) around 25% of adults will experience faecal or urinary incontinence in their lives. Surprisingly even though the availability of interventions is increasing, still more than half of cases will go untreated.
The NIH continues by highlighting the costs and effects incontinence has on people’s lives. As much as $20 billion was estimated to have been spent on urinary incontinence alone in 2000. Aside from the costs, urinary incontinence causes many individuals to limit their social lives, hiding the problem from their families, friends and doctors. Many people suffer from these conditions in silence, without seeking professional help. As women from the Baby Boomer years reach their sixties, the incidence of incontinence is set to increase along with the economic costs.
To read the full article on the Prevention of Faecal and Urinary Incontinence in Adults from the National Institutes of Health click here.
(http://consensus.nih.gov/2007/IncontinenceStatementDRAFT121207.pdf)
Thursday, 15 May 2008
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