Epidemiology of Urinary Incontinence among Females of Age 20-65 years

Abstract

Background: urinary incontinence is said to be a condition in which there is involuntary urine loss. Although it is a common clinical condition among females whether it is stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence or mixed it leads to social embarrassment and isolation which affect their activities of daily living yet the exact prevalence is unknown as it depends upon different risk factors. In Pakistan there is lack of literature which could explain its dependency on varying risk factors.

Objective(s): To evaluate prevalence of urinary incontinence among females of age 20-65 years.

Methodology: A cross-sectional research with a sample size of 377 females from the general population of Gujrat District was done. Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the obtained data. Findings were then interpreted using Chi-square test.

Results: The results have been obtained after analyzing the data collected from 377 females. Prevalence of UI was 75.3% No significant associations were found as P-values were ?0.05.

Conclusion(s): This study shows that urinary incontinence is a very common issue in females and it varies with age , parity, mode of delivery and menopause

Key words: menopause, parity, Stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence, Urinary incontinence