Urinary Incontinence in Older Men: Protocol for a Scoping Review of Risk Factors

Due to a social trend that feminizes urinary incontinence (UI), it is often a silent disease in men. UI is also seen as a woman's problem by many, regardless of its significant physical and psychosocial repercussions on men.

Despite being common in older men, albeit less than in older women, the condition has received far less attention than in women. As part of a larger study, the proposed scoping review aims to synthesize evidence on risk factors as the starting point for the creation of a self-management intervention targeting older men. The findings from this scoping review will inform a formal process to define and prioritize modifiable risk factors amenable to self-management that older men find practical and are potentially willing to modify. Evidence about factors amenable to modification will allow the development of evidence-based interventions for self-management of UI in older men, a strategy found to be effective in older women.

Written by: Olawunmi Olagundoye, Janice Y Kung, William Gibson, Adrian Wagg

Division of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada., John W. Scott Health Sciences Library, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada., Division of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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