Women Urinary Incontinence Prevalence Study (WUIPS)

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Female Urinary Incontinence
• Interventions: Other: No intervention

• Registration Number: NCT06291441
• Lead Sponsor: IRCCS San Raffaele

Brief Summary

The goal of this multicenter prospective and prevalence observational study is to punctually investigate and describe prevalence, predictors, quality of life and costs of Urinary Incontinence (UI) among female patients, female caregivers and female personnel in four hospitals in Northern Italy: San Raffaele hospital in Milan, San Raffaele Turro hospital in Milan, Zingonia Policlinico San Marco (BG) and Policlinico San Pietro in Ponte San Pietro (BG).

Detailed Description

EXPECTED RESULTS

The collection of data and information through this study will aim to:

1. Understand the percentage of middle-aged women with UI.

2. Describe the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of women with UI.

3. Identify UI predictors.

4. Describe the quality of life, social impact and costs of women with UI.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-02-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-02-29
• Study First Posted: 2024-03-04
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-09
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-13
• Study Start: 2024-06-28
• Primary Completion: 2025-06-28
• Study Completion: 2025-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 1842

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Women's single sample	No intervention	INSTRUMENTS: * UI Survey: A survey, written in Italian by the authors, will collect women's socio-demographic, economic and clinical characteristics * Italian version of International Consultation of Incontinence Modular Questionnaire Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ UI-SF) * Italian version of Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-7 (IIQ-7)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence of middle-aged women with urinary incontinence	by December 2025	Epidemiological data; Measure: - Italian version of International Consultation of Incontinence Modular Questionnaire Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ UI-SF)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Costs of urinary incontinence for middle-aged women	by December 2025	Description of UI costs; Measure: - UI Survey: A part of the survey, written in Italian by the authors, will collect costs of UI through a 5-point Likert scale
Predictors of urinary incontinence in middle-aged women	by December 2025	Description and association between UI and related predictors; Measure: - UI Survey: A part of the survey, written in Italian by the authors, will collect women's socio-demographic and clinical characteristics (predictors of UI)
Quality of life of middle-aged women with urinary incontinence	by December 2025	Description and association between UI and quality of life; Measure: - Italian version of Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-7 (IIQ-7) for investigating women's quality of life
Social impact of middle-aged women with urinary incontinence	by December 2025	Description and association between UI and social impact; Measure: - UI Survey: A part of the survey, written in Italian by the authors, will collect social impact of UI through a 4-point Likert scale

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Policlinico San Marco Zingonia; 🇮🇹 Osio Sotto, Bergamo, Italy

Policlinico San Pietro Ponte San Pietro; 🇮🇹 Bergamo, Italy

San Raffaele Turro Hospital (MI); 🇮🇹 Milan, Italy

San Raffaele Hospital (MI); 🇮🇹 Milan, Italy