Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Female Nurses: Evidence from the Nurse Urinary Related Health Study of China
Table 3
Prevalence and symptom-specific bother of lower urinary tract symptoms.
Symptoms
LUTS (n = 13,191)
Symptom-specific bother of LUTS (n = 6735)
No
Minor
Moderate
Severe
n (%)
95% CI
n (%)
95% CI
n (%)
95% CI
n (%)
95% CI
n (%)
95% CI
Nocturia
1833 (13.9)
13.3–14.5
180 (9.8)
8.5–11.3
617 (33.7)
31.5–35.9
668 (36.4)
34.2–38.7
368 (20.1)
18.3–22.0
Urinary urgency
3437 (26.1)
25.3–26.8
271 (7.9)
7.0–8.8
1230 (35.8)
34.2–37.4
1366 (39.7)
38.1–41.4
570 (16.6)
15.4–17.9
Bladder pain
1056 (8.0)
7.5–8.5
40 (3.8)
2.7–5.1
282 (26.7)
24.1–29.5
485 (45.9)
42.9–49.0
249 (23.6)
21.0–26.3
Frequency
86 (0.7)
0.5–0.8
29 (33.7)
23.9–44.7
22 (25.6)
16.8–36.1
24 (27.9)
18.8–38.6
11 (12.8)
6.6–21.7
Hesitancya
1563 (11.9)
11.3–12.4
140 (9.0)
7.6–10.5
576 (36.9)
34.5–39.3
643 (41.1)
38.7–43.6
204 (13.1)
11.4–14.8
Straininga
883 (6.7)
6.3–7.1
35 (4.0)
2.8–5.5
284 (32.2)
29.1–35.4
397 (45.0)
41.6–48.3
167 (18.9)
16.4–21.7
Intermittencya
1032 (7.8)
7.4–8.3
79 (7.7)
6.1–9.4
362 (35.1)
32.2–38.1
422 (40.9)
37.9–44.0
169 (16.4)
14.2–18.8
UUIa
1603 (12.2)
11.6–12.7
51 (3.2)
2.4–4.2
426 (26.6)
24.4–28.8
609 (38.0)
35.6–40.4
517 (32.3)
30.0–34.6
SUI
2356 (17.9)
17.2–18.5
68 (2.9)
2.2–3.6
651 (27.6)
25.8–29.5
767 (32.6)
30.7–34.5
870 (36.9)
35.0–38.9
Unexplained UI
571 (4.3)
4.0–4.7
12 (2.1)
1.1–3.6
119 (20.8)
17.6–24.4
250 (43.8)
39.7–48.0
190 (33.3)
29.4–37.3
Nocturnal enuresis
176 (1.3)
1.1–1.5
4 (2.3)
0.6–5.7
46 (26.1)
19.8–33.3
84 (47.7)
40.2–55.4
42 (23.9)
17.8–30.9
Any LUTS
6735 (51.1)
50.2–51.9
Note: UUI: urgency urinary incontinence. SUI: stress urinary incontinence. Unexplained UI: unexplained urinary incontinence. Any LUTS: at least one type of lower urinary tract symptoms. aPercentages of bother are rounded to the nearest percent.
