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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2012 Jul;61(4):283–290. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e318251d8f6

Table 1.

Sample Descriptiona

All Men Women
Black Hispanic White Black Hispanic White
n = 90 n = 19 n = 15 n = 15 n = 14 n = 14 n = 13
Age (years)
Mean 58.9 60.3 52.5 64.4 57.2 62.7 58.9
Range 37–84 40–79 37–73 39–84 43–81 40–75 36–80
Urinary Symptomsb
Urinary incontinence 29 (32%) 4 2 1 5 8 9
Frequency 69 (77%) 17 11 14 7 10 10
Nocturia 38 (42%) 9 10 7 3 3 6
Urgency 38 (42%) 6 11 6 4 6 5
Incomplete emptying 7 (8%) 2 3 1 1 0 0
SESc n = 87 n = 19 n = 14 n = 15 n = 13 n = 13 n = 13
Low 40 (46%) 9 7 2 7 11 4
Middle 39 (45%) 9 6 9 5 2 8
High 8 (9%) 1 1 4 1 0 1

Notes. SES = socioeconomic status

a

Numbers (except those related to respondent age) are frequencies unless specifically labeled with a % sign.

b

Some respondents reported more than one symptom.

c

SES was missing for three respondents.