Urinary incontinence may develop in a person who has a stroke.
Urinary incontinence may be transient or persistent. Half of patients may be incontinent during the acute phase of the stroke. At 1 year about a third of patients may have some degree of incontinence.
Urinary incontinence at 1 week after the stroke was associated with increased 1-year mortality and an increased rate of being institutionalized, especially if a urinary catheter was placed.
The most common reason for incontinence is detrusor muscle overactivity.
Other neurologic deficits (apraxia, aphasia, other) may make management of incontinence more difficult.
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