Volume-interval relationship of incontinence episodes in elderly inpatient men

Urinary incontinence is an immense source of personal distress for older people. The characteristics of urinary incontinence in older people that contribute to understanding the pathophysiology of incontinence have not been studied extensively. In this study, 66 elderly inpatients were monitored for incontinence characteristics of incontinence volume and time interval between episodes. There was no correlation between incontinence volume and time between episodes of incontinence. This supports a previous observation that the occurrence of urinary incontinence in elderly inpatient men is not determined by the accumulated volume of urine in the bladder.