PREVALENCE OF URINARY INCONTINENCE AMONG POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

Mahmoud, Eman I.; Hanafy, Hala M.; Kamel, Hossam-eldin H.; Ali, Mai M.

doi:10.21608/ejpt.2021.64127.1032

PREVALENCE OF URINARY INCONTINENCE AMONG POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

Document Type : Original Article

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¹ Bachelor degree of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt

² Department of Physical Therapy for Women Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt.

³ Obstetrics and Gynecology,Faculty of Medicine,Elazhar university,Cairo,Egypt

10.21608/ejpt.2021.64127.1032

Abstract

This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) among postmenopausal women in addition to measure their awareness of physical therapy role for UI. .Five hundred postmenopausal women were selected from different hospitals and health care provider in Cairo and Giza, their age ranged from 55 to 65 years old, body mass index (BMI) was less than 30 Kg/m² and their last menstruation was from at least 12 months ago. They answered the urinary incontinence questionnaire (UIQ) and the awareness of physical therapy role in UI questionnaire.
Results of this study showed that the prevalence of UI in this study was (57.8%).The results of the prevalence of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) of this study was (40%), urge urinary incontinence (UUI) of this study was (30%) and mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) of this study was (30%).There was a significant increase in the prevalence of UI in subjects with mixed types of deliveries (vaginal deliveries and cesarean sections) compared with other types. There was a significant increase in the prevalence of UI in subjects with 4-10 vaginal deliveries (VD) compared with that of 0-3 VD. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of UI between subjects with normal weight and subjects with overweight. Therefore, it could be concluded that a higher prevalence of UI was found and they lack the awareness of physical therapy role in UI.

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