Stress Urinary Incontinence in Climacteric Women in a Northeastern Brazilian Municipality: a Household Survey

Overview

Journal Int Urogynecol J

Publisher Springer

Specialties Gynecology & Obstetrics
Urology

Date 2012 Mar 14

PMID 22411207

Citations 2

Authors

Luiz Gustavo Oliveira Brito

Luciane Maria Oliveira Brito

Maria Bethania da Costa Chein

Elizabeth Santos de Andrade Malheiros

Thaiana Bezerra Duarte

Aarao Mendes Pinto-Neto

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Abstract

Introduction And Hypothesis: Low socioeconomic factors may influence the development of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Thus far, there is little research available on SUI in developing countries. We aimed to determine whether the prevalence of SUI in a northeastern Brazilian municipality was higher or lower than in the general female population.

Methods: Cross-sectional household cluster study of 1,180 climacteric women in the São Luís municipality (Maranhão state, Brazil) was conducted using a standardized questionnaire that was previously tested in a pilot study and administered by interviewers to obtain socioeconomic and cultural information, climacteric aspects, and life habits related to SUI.

Results: From this population, 15.34% (n = 181) had SUI; this prevalence did not change with age. More than half (57.92%) of the patients replied that they had not consulted a physician for their SUI. The presence of SUI was not associated with any socioeconomic or gynecological variables after multivariate analysis.

Conclusions: The prevalence of SUI in São Luís was similar to the rates observed in the general global female population. Socioeconomic and gynecological variables were not associated with SUI.

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