Urinary Incontinence: Reproductive/Hormonal Risk Factors (RRISK3)

Kaiser Permanente

Status

Completed

Conditions

Urinary Incontinence

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00836979

CN-08Svand-01-H

P50DK064538 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a continuation or follow-up of two previous studies (RRISK and RRISK2) conducted at the Kaiser Division of Research. This study will invite previous study participants, as well as a randomly selected group of Northern California Kaiser Permanente Members, to participate in an interview, mailed survey and lab visit. The purpose of this study is to examine the risk factors for bladder and pelvic problems.

Full description

Using a cohort established during two previous studies (RRISK, CN-97Svand-01-H and RRISK2 CN-02Svand-07-H), this study will follow a well characterized cohort of middle-aged and older women who have been members of Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Plan (KPMCP) of Northern California continuously since age 18. The cohort is composed of over 2000 women for whom we have data from abstracted medical records, in-person interview, voiding diaries, physical assessments, laboratory data, and banked sera. Our cohort is unique in including a substantial number of women from the 4 major ethnic/race groups (white non-Hispanic, Black, Asian and Hispanic.) For this study, we will re-interview as many study participants from RRISK and RRISK2 as are willing. This study will also expand to further increase its diversity by adding a total of 450 Black, Asian and Hispanic women to the cohort. The overall goal of the study is to advance our understanding of mechanisms of Urinary Incontinence and facilitate the translational development of novel approaches to treatment and prevention.

Enrollment

2,161 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

40 to 69 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria