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| Jeanette BrownSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Prevalence of urinary incontinence and associated risk factors in postmenopausal women. Heart & Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) Research GroupJ S Brown
University of California, San Francisco, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, USA
Obstet Gynecol 94:66-70. 1999..To determine the prevalence of stress, urge, and mixed urinary incontinence and associated risk factors in postmenopausal women...- Hysterectomy and urinary incontinence: a systematic reviewJ S Brown
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Lancet 356:535-9. 2000..Serious complications after hysterectomy are estimated to occur in around six women per 10,000 hysterectomies in the USA. We did a systematic review of evidence that hysterectomy is associated with urinary incontinence... - Urinary tract infections in postmenopausal women: effect of hormone therapy and risk factorsJ S Brown
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California 94115, USA
Obstet Gynecol 98:1045-52. 2001..To assess the effects of hormone therapy on urinary tract infection frequency and to examine potential risk factors... - Pelvic organ prolapse surgery in the United States, 1997Jeanette S Brown
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF Mount Zion Women s Health, University of California, San Francisco, 94143 1688, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 186:712-6. 2002..Our purpose was to describe the prevalence, regional rates and demographic characteristics, morbidity, and mortality of pelvic organ prolapse surgeries in the United States... 
The sensitivity and specificity of a simple test to distinguish between urge and stress urinary incontinenceJeanette S Brown
University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94115, USA
Ann Intern Med 144:715-23. 2006..Because treatments differ, urge incontinence should be distinguished from stress incontinence. To make this distinction, current guidelines recommend an extensive evaluation that is too time-consuming for primary care practice...- Prevalence and risk factors for urinary incontinence in women with type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001-2002Jeanette S Brown
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF Women s Health Clinical Research Center, University of California San Francisco, 1635 Divisadero Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
Diabetes Care 29:1307-12. 2006..It is unknown whether women with pre-diabetes, or impaired fasting glucose (IFG), have increased prevalence of incontinence. We determined the prevalence of, and risk factors for, incontinence among U.S. women with diabetes and IFG... - Proceedings of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases International Symposium on Epidemiologic Issues in Urinary Incontinence in WomenJeanette S Brown
Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Services, University of California San Francisco, 94115, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 188:S77-88. 2003..The investigators were able to form an international collaborative research working group and identify potential collaborative projects to further research on the epidemiology of urinary incontinence and bladder dysfunction... - Urologic complications of diabetesJeanette S Brown
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94115, USA
Diabetes Care 28:177-85. 2005 - Quality-of-life impact and treatment of urinary incontinence in ethnically diverse older womenAlison J Huang
General Internal Medicine Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:2000-6. 2006..To identify the factors associated with greater quality-of-life impact, treatment seeking, and use of treatments for urinary incontinence in ethnically diverse older women... - Effect of raloxifene on urinary incontinence: a randomized controlled trialL Elaine Waetjen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Davis, 4860 Y Street, Suite 2500, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Obstet Gynecol 103:261-6. 2004..To estimate the effect of 3 years of treatment with raloxifene on urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women... - Sexual function and aging in racially and ethnically diverse womenAlison J Huang
Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1362-8. 2009..To examine factors influencing sexual activity and functioning in racially and ethnically diverse middle-aged and older women... - Obstructive defecation in middle-aged womenMadhulika G Varma
Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 2330 Post St Suite 260, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
Dig Dis Sci 53:2702-9. 2008..Demographic factors, with the exception of employment status, were not significant, indicating that obstructive defecation, although widespread, does not affect any particular group of women... - Fecal incontinence in females older than aged 40 years: who is at risk?Madhulika G Varma
Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94115, USA
Dis Colon Rectum 49:841-51. 2006..This study was designed to estimate the prevalence of, and identify risk factors associated with, fecal incontinence in racially diverse females older than aged 40 years... - Training the next generation of research mentors: the University of California, San Francisco, Clinical & Translational Science Institute Mentor Development ProgramMitchell D Feldman
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Clin Transl Sci 2:216-21. 2009..MITs reported increased confidence in overall and specific mentoring skills after completion of the MDP. The MDP can serve as a model for other institutions to develop the next generation of clinical-translational research mentors... - Incidence of and risk factors for change in urinary incontinence status in a prospective cohort of middle-aged and older women: the reproductive risk of incontinence study in KaiserDavid H Thom
Department of Family and Community Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94110, USA
J Urol 184:1394-401. 2010..Urinary incontinence is a dynamic condition that can progress and regress but few groups have examined risk factors for change in incontinence status... - The "costs" of urinary incontinence for womenLeslee L Subak
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, University of California, San Francisco 94115, USA
Obstet Gynecol 107:908-16. 2006..To estimate costs of routine care for female urinary incontinence, health-related quality of life, and willingness to pay for incontinence improvement... - Women with diabetes: understanding urinary incontinence and help seeking behaviorAshmi M Doshi
Women s Health Clinical Research Center, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California 94115, USA
J Urol 184:1402-7. 2010..We examined the association of urinary incontinence with diabetes status and race, and evaluated beliefs about help seeking for incontinence in a population based cohort of women with vs without diabetes... - Stress urinary incontinence surgery in the United StatesL Elaine Waetjen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
Obstet Gynecol 101:671-6. 2003..To describe the prevalence, regional rates and demographic characteristics, morbidity, and mortality of stress urinary incontinence surgeries in the United States... - Differences in prevalence of urinary incontinence by race/ethnicityDavid H Thom
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
J Urol 175:259-64. 2006..We compared the prevalence of urinary incontinence by type among white, black, Hispanic and Asian-American women... - Weight loss: a novel and effective treatment for urinary incontinenceLeslee L Subak
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
J Urol 174:190-5. 2005..We evaluated the effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence (UI) in overweight and obese women... - Postmenopausal hormone therapy: does it cause incontinence?Jody E Steinauer
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, 1001 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Obstet Gynecol 106:940-5. 2005..To estimate the effect of hormone therapy on risk of stress and urge urinary incontinence... - Urinary incontinence in older community-dwelling women: the role of cognitive and physical function declineAlison J Huang
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, and University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94121, USA
Obstet Gynecol 109:909-16. 2007..To examine the association between cognitive decline, physical function decline, and urinary incontinence in older community-dwelling women... - Mixed urinary incontinence: greater impact on quality of lifeAnna C Frick
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
J Urol 182:596-600. 2009..We compared the impact of mixed, stress and urge urinary incontinence on quality of life in middle-aged or older women... - The effect of ultralow-dose transdermal estradiol on urinary incontinence in postmenopausal womenL Elaine Waetjen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Davis, 4860 Y Street, Suite 2500, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Obstet Gynecol 106:946-52. 2005..To estimate the effect of 2 years of treatment with ultralow-dose transdermal estradiol (E2) on incontinence in postmenopausal women... - Racial differences in pelvic organ prolapseEmily L Whitcomb
Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
Obstet Gynecol 114:1271-7. 2009..To compare the estimated prevalence of, risk factors for, and level of bother associated with subjectively reported and objectively measured pelvic organ prolapse in a racially diverse cohort... - Women & diabetes. Urinary incontinenceJeanette S Brown
Women's Conference Center, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Diabetes Self Manag 22:48-50. 2005 - An innovative program to train health sciences researchers to be effective clinical and translational research mentorsMallory O Johnson
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0320, USA
Acad Med 85:484-9. 2010..Specific details of the objectives and content of the MDP sessions are provided as well as evaluation criteria and a link to specific curriculum materials... - Measurement characteristics of a voiding diary for use by men and women with overactive bladderJeanette S Brown
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, UCSF Women's Continence Center, University of California at San Francisco, UCSF/Mt. Zion Women's Health Clinical Research Center, 94115, USA
Urology 61:802-9. 2003..Because of comparable reliability and reduced patient burden, diaries of shorter duration may also be acceptable to assess the symptoms of overactive bladder, depending on the degree of precision required... - Urinary incontinence in women: Direct costs of routine careLeslee Subak
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:596.e1-9. 2007..The purpose of this study was to estimate the direct costs of routine care for urinary incontinence (UI) in community-dwelling, racially diverse women... - Epidemiology and changing demographics of overactive bladder: a focus on the postmenopausal womanJeanette S Brown
Geriatrics 57:6-12. 2002 - Sexual activity and function in middle-aged and older womenIlana B Addis
University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Obstet Gynecol 107:755-64. 2006..Data on the sexual activity of middle-aged and older women are scant and vary widely. This analysis estimates the prevalence and predictors of sexual activity and function in a diverse group of women aged 40-69 years... - Symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse: prevalence and risk factors in a population-based, racially diverse cohortGuri Rortveit
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Obstet Gynecol 109:1396-403. 2007..To estimate the prevalence of and identify risk factors associated with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse and level of distress in racially diverse women aged older than 40 years... - Lifestyle intervention is associated with lower prevalence of urinary incontinence: the Diabetes Prevention ProgramJeanette S Brown
Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group, The Biostatistics Center, George Washington University, 6110 Executive Blvd, Suite 750, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Diabetes Care 29:385-90. 2006..We examined whether an intensive lifestyle intervention or metformin therapy among overweight pre-diabetic women was associated with a lower prevalence of incontinence... - Re: Burgio KL, Goode PS, Richter HE, et al. 2006. Global ratings of patient satisfaction and perceptions of improvement with treatment for urinary incontinence: validation of three global patient ratings. Neurourol Urodynam 25:411-417Jeanette S Brown
Neurourol Urodyn 26:456. 2007 - Urinary incontinence: an important and underrecognized complication of type 2 diabetes mellitusJeanette S Brown
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:2028-9. 2005 - Childhood urinary symptoms predict adult overactive bladder symptomsMary Pat Fitzgerald
Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA
J Urol 175:989-93. 2006..In this analysis we investigated the relationship between childhood and adult urinary symptoms in middle-aged women...
Research Grants
- Reproductive Risk Factors for Pelvic Organ ProlapseJeanette Brown; Fiscal Year: 2004..Identification of risk factors for prolapse will help guide the development of preventive intervention trials to test the efficacy of modifying risk factors for pelvic organ prolapse. ..
- Diabetes and IncontinenceJeanette Brown; Fiscal Year: 2007..Dr. Brown's long-term goal is to disseminate the successful elements of the model mentoring program to other academic centers. ..