Urinary and Anal Incontinence in Tunisian Women

Completed

• Conditions: Woman

• Registration Number: NCT03386292
• Lead Sponsor: University of Monastir

Brief Summary

The publications on prevalence and risk factors of urinary and anal incontinence in women were performed mainly in Europe and America. Consequently, result extrapolation to Tunisian population may not be a good practice which justifies this study and demonstrates its importance.

Detailed Description

A cross-sectional study will be conducted among female doctors and nurses randomly selected from 3 large hospitals in the center of Tunisia. The prevalence of urinary incontinence and anal incontinence will be measured using validated questionnaires.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-06-16
• Primary Completion: 2017-09-30
• Study Completion: 2017-09-30
• Status Verified: 2017-12
• Study First Submitted: 2017-12-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-12-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-12-20
• Study First Posted: 2017-12-29
• Last Update Posted: 2017-12-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

• Professional seniority in the current service over than 6 months
• Subject has given his consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Resident
• Intern
• An ongoing pregnancy
• A recent birth (less than 6 months)
• A psychiatric disease
• An acute or chronic kidney disease
• Neurological disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence of anal incontinence	1 month	The participant will be asked to fill out the anal incontinence Jorge and Wexner which contains five questions scored on a scale from zero (normal continence) to 20 (total incontinence).
Prevalence of urinary incontinence	1 month	The participant will be asked to fill out the urinary symptom profile questionnaire (USP). This questionnaire contains 13 items to assess stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence and dysuria. Each question is scored from 0 to 3 providing a maximal score of 9, 21 and 9 for stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence and dysuria respectively. Women diagnosed with both stress and urge urinary incontinence by the USP were classified as having mixed urinary incontinence.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Risk factors for urinary and anal incontinence	1 month

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Medecine; 🇹🇳 Monastir, Tunisia