Evaluati̇on of quality of life, anxiety and depression in elderly woman patients with urinary incontinence

İntroduction: Urinary incontinence (UI) is an important problem of health,its can occur at any age, but is especially common in elderly women. Depression and anxiety are also considerable problems of elderly. UI is one of the geriatric syndromes that thought to be related with depression and quality of life (QOL). It can be suggested that treatment of UI may improve QOL and cause decrement in comorbidities. In this study, we aimed to evaluate effect of UI treatment on life quality, depression, anxiety and geriatric syndromes. Materials and Methods: Womans applied to outpatient clinic of geriatrics with UI symptoms were taken in the study. Type of UI was determined by using the 3 Incontinence Questions (3IQ). Only patients with urge incontinence were included to the study. Patients were evaluated for QOL, anxiety, depression, disability and geriatric syndromes before and after anticholinergics (fesoterodine) treatment. QOL was assessed by using International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form (ICIQ-SF) and Incontinence of Quality of Life Questionnaire (I-QOL). Anxiety and depression was assessed with Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADs). Comprehensive geriatric assessments, SARC-F, hand grip test, bioimpedence analysis, 4-meter gait speed test and FRAIL scale were done to all patients. Data analysis was done by using SPSS version 22. Findings: The study population was composed of 42 women; mean age was 69.7 +/- 4.3 years. QOL (assessed with ICIQ-SF and I-QOL) was found to be positively affected from anticholinergics (fesoterodine) treatment. Anxiety and depression symptoms were revealed to be improved after treatment. Daily activities of living (ADL) were better after treatment. ADL and I-QOL scores were positively correlated with treatment. ICIQ-SF, HADs scores were negatively correlated with treatment. Discussion: UI is a common problem in elderly. Patients usually hesitate to tell this complaint to even doctors. That situation affects their physical and psychological condition negatively. In this study, we reached that UI treatment improved life QOL and psychological symptoms. Those findings represented us proper treatment of UI is critical for healty ageing. There were statistically insignificant improvements in SARC-F, handgrip strength, IADL (instrumental activities of daily living), MNA-SF (mini nutritional test assessment- short form) and FRAIL scale after treatment. In order to explain those relationships studies with larger populations were needed. Our study is unique because there was no other study that evaluated the effect of UI treatment on life quality, anxiety and depression in patients with UI.