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Racial differences in bother for women with urinary incontinence in the Establishing the Prevalence of Incontinence (EPI) study
29 April 2010

Objective
The purpose of this study was to compare differences in degree of bother in black and white women with urinary incontinence (UI).

Conclusion
With moderate UI (not mild or severe), black women are more bothered than white women. At this discriminatory level of UI severity, racial differences are important, because they may dictate care-seeking behavior.

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