INCONTINENCE PADS - PREVALENCE OF USE AND INDIVIDUAL CONSUMPTION

Authors
SANDVIK H HUNSKAAR S
Citation
H. Sandvik et S. Hunskaar, INCONTINENCE PADS - PREVALENCE OF USE AND INDIVIDUAL CONSUMPTION, Scandinavian journal of social medicine, 21(2), 1993, pp. 120-121
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of social medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03008037
Volume
21
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
120 - 121
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-8037(1993)21:2<120:IP-POU>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The purpose was to describe the prevalence of incontinence pad use and individual consumption of pads. Data was collected at local Insurance Offices in a region of western Norway (population: 239 500). Overall prevalence was 1.6% for females and 0.4% for males, increasing sharply with age. Median daily consumption was 1.7 pads. Middle-aged persons (40-69 years) consumed fewer and smaller pads than the others.