Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) with comorbidities are common in old age. The aim here was to investigate the associations of urgency symptoms with self-rated health, mood and functioning in a random older population adjusted for comorbid conditions.
A population-based cross-sectional survey was made involving 343 people (159 men and 184 women) aged 70 years and over. LUTS were categorized as symptoms with or without urgency. Perceived inconvenience from LUTS, self-rated health, mood, social activity and activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and mobility disability were the outcome measures. Ageand gender-adjusted and multivariate logistic regression models were constructed in order to examine the associations of urgency and non-urgency symptoms with the outcomes. The covariates were age, gender, and self-reported cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, neurological and other chronic diseases.
Perceived inconvenience from urgency symptoms was more frequent than that from non-urgency symptoms (64% vs 20%, p