Table 4 Healthcare resource utilization and economic impact of incontinence
| Â | All patients | Incontinence episode per day | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 | 2–3 | ≥4 | p-value | ||
  N | 625 | 162 | 165 | 177 | 121 | |
Heath service utilization, mean number of visits over 6Â month (SD) | ||||||
Outpatient | 1.42 (2.28) | 1.30 (2.34) | 1.35 (2.29) | 1.48 (1.76) | 1.61 (2.79) | 0.484 |
  • Hospital | 1.01 (1.53) | 0.80 (1.38) | 0.95 (1.63) | 1.16 (1.44) | 1.13 (1.69) | 0.073 |
  • Clinic | 0.35 (1.30) | 0.48 (1.67) | 0.34 (1.40) | 0.24 (0.68) | 0.35 (1.29) | 0.152 |
  • Oriental clinic | 0.07 (0.66) | 0.03 (0.25) | 0.06 (0.55) | 0.07 (0.43) | 0.13 (1.21) | 0.289 |
Inpatient | 0.05 (0.26) | 0.06 (0.28) | 0.06 (0.23) | 0.03 (0.17) | 0.09 (0.37) | 0.736 |
  • Hospital | 0.05(0.25) | 0.05 (0.24) | 0.05 (0.22) | 0.03 (0.17) | 0.09 (0.37) | 0.537 |
  • Clinic | 0.003 (0.06) | 0.006 (0.08) | 0.006 (0.08) | 0 | 0 | 0.247 |
Emergency care | 0.014 (0.13) | 0.006 (0.08) | 0.018 (0.13) | 0.017 (0.13) | 0.017 (0.18) | 0.462 |
Incontinence pad use | ||||||
  % of patients using incontinence pads | 29.4 | 17.3 | 20.6 | 32.8 | 52.9 | <0.0001 |
  Weekly cost of incontinence pads (SD) | KRW 1351 (8465) | KRW 227 (1032) | KRW 566 (1775) | KRW 863 (3014) | KRW 5259 (19320) | <0.0001 |
Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) due to urinary incontinence | ||||||
  % work time missed (SD) | 2.9 (8.1) | 0.6 (2.0) | 1.4 (4.7) | 4.2 (9.6) | 7.0 (12.9) | 0.001 |
  % regular activity impairment (SD) | 29.0 (28.4) | 21.2 (24.3) | 26.0 (27.4) | 31.5 (31.0) | 44.8 (26.9) | 0.001 |
Willingness of patients to try medical proceduresa to improve urinary symptoms | ||||||
  % Willing to try | 47.5 | 37.7 | 41.2 | 52.0 | 62.8 | <0.0001 |