男子老人の排尿障害の実態

Abstract

The micturition disturbance of aged men was studied by the questionnaire method. Nineteen hundred and fifty-seven old men were selected at random from the list of old men's clubs in Nagoya City. The questions were made on the presence of frequent micturition at day and night, thin stream and episodes of urinary retention. Total number of men available for evaluation was 977. The analysis was done according to the age group with 5 years increment. The following results were obtained; 1) Frequency both at day and night and decrease of force of the stream advanced along with aging. 2) Retarded and protracted micturition and sence of residual urine showed no relation to aging. 3) About 20% of over age 60 was suspected of having some organic lesions of lower urinary tract. 4) 15 to 28% of each age group ever visited doctor because of micturition trouble, but only 40% of them chose the urologist.