Table II.

Factors related to not seeking help for urinary incontinence.

		Univariate multilevel analysis		Multivariate multilevel analysis
		OR (95% CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p
*	Age at baseline	0.93 (0.89– 0.96)	< 0.01	0.91 (0.87–0.96)	< 0.01
	UDI score for distress caused by urogynaecological symptoms§	0.95 (0.92– 0.98)	< 0.01	0.95 (0.92–0.98)	< 0.01
†	Age of patient minus age of GP	0.94 (0.91– 0.97)	< 0.01
	Education level:
	Low	1
	Average	1.66 (0.84– 3.26)	0.14
	High	2.50 (1.16– 5.37)	0.02
	Gender GP
	Male	1	0.01
	Female	2.25 (1.27– 3.97)
	Self-reported type of incontinence:
	Stress incontinence	1
	Urge incontinence	0.24 (0.10–0.60)	< 0.01
	Mixed incontinence	0.34 (0.16–0.72)	< 0.01
	Number of prolonged medications	0.88 (0.80– 0.98)	0.01
	Total consultations	0.96 (0.94– 0.99)	0.01
	IIQ score for psychological impact of urinary incontinence§	0.95 (0.91– 0.99)	0.01
	EQ5D score for health outcome and utilities§	4.34 (1.02–18.42)	0.05
	GARS score for functional status§	0.92 (0.87– 0.97)	< 0.01
‡	Severity of incontinence according to the ISI score:§	1
	Slight	0.64 (0.29–1.38)	0.25
	Moderate	0.22 (0.09–0.51)	< 0.01
	Severe and very severe

Notes: *Variables included in the multivariate multilevel model; ^†variables removed from the multivariate multilevel model; ^‡variables not included in the multivariate multilevel analysis; ^§UDI: Urogenital Distress Inventory; IIQ: Incontinence Impact Questionnaire; EQ5D: EuroQol 5 Dimension; GARS: Groningen Activity Restriction Score; ISI: Incontinence Severity Index.