Mental factors influencing recurrence of stress incontinence

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Öbrink, A. Fedor-Freybergh, P. Hjelmkvist, M. Bunne, G.
Copyright Year	1979
Description	Journal: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica At a recent follow-up of 51 women operated on for stress incontinence, there was an astonishingly high discrepancy between symptoms claimed by the patients and signs found by the physician. To examine the influence of certain mental factors on the recurrence of stress incontinence, the patients in the above-mentioned follow-up were tested with the Eysenck Personality Inventory test and the Sabbatsberg Depression Self-rating Scale test. The women with symptoms but no objective signs of stress incontinence showed a higher degree of both neuroticism and depression than the women of perfect health. Thus, in this group, it may be a question of aggravation of symptoms, which cannot be helped by a reoperation. Instead, these women might need psychiatric attention to relieve their psychosomatic symptoms.
Ending Page	94
Starting Page	91
ISSN	00221295
e-ISSN	16000412
DOI	10.3109/00016347909154922
Journal	Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	58
Language	English
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher Date	1979-01-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica Psychiatry and Mental Health Stress Incontinence Recurrence of Stress Mental Factors Influencing
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Obstetrics and Gynecology