ABSTRACT
Many adults suffer from UI, and the financial, physical, emotional, psychological, and social impacts are demoralizing and distressing ( 5-7 ). UI has become a costly public health problem (6) . In the United States, it is estimated that direct health costs of UI among older people amount to more than US $26 billion per year, an average of US $3565 for each incontinent older person (8) . No estimate of this kind is available in Asia.
