Predictors of Delay in Treatment of Urinary Incontinence Among Pakistani Women - a Cross-sectional Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 298
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Predictors of delay in treatment of urinary incontinence
研究概览
简要总结
246 women were selected as participants to fill and submit the Study Proforma among 264 incontinent women. The Performa included demographic features of the subjects, their chronic ailments, psychosocial effects, reasons for the delay, and Incontinence Questionnaire UI-short form of incontinence characteristics. We selected a sample of 198 completed questionnaires to be included in the study. IBM spss statistics 20(SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA) were used to find predictors of delay in treating urinary incontinence.
详细描述
Study design and participants:
A cross-sectional survey of 198 women with incontinence was conducted at lady Willingdon hospital from June 1, 2019, to November 30, 2020. The medical officers of gynecology outdoor scrutinized all the women who had complained of urinary incontinence for at least one year and did not previously pursue any treatment for this problem.
246 participants who fulfilled the study criteria signed written informed consent and got their Proforma filled either by themselves or by assisting the medical officer.
In previous studies, delay to the treatment of >3 years was considered significant; thus, all eligible women were divided into two groups based on the delay of up to three years and more than 3 years according to the duration of incontinence as stated by the subject and studied for predictors of incontinence.
Ethical approval This study had ethical approval from King Edward Medical University, Pakistan. the study was conducted according to the Declaration of the Helsinki and obtained informed consent from participants before the study commenced. All information collected from the participants was kept confidential, and Proformas were kept in a file in the custody of the main investigator after entering data in the spss datasheet.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 19 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •The women who had the complaint of urinary incontinence for at least one year and did not pursue any treatment for this problem previously.
- •age greater than 18 years
- •urinary leakage for once a week during the previous three months.
- •Incontinent women with or without chronic medical problems
排除标准
- •urinary tract infection
- •patients with pregnancy or within three months postpartum
- •severe mental illness (unable to answer the questionnaire correctly)
- •terminal stage illness (liver disease, kidney disease, or malignancy)
结局指标
主要结局
Predictors of delay in treatment of urinary incontinence
时间窗: 6months from1st june2019 to 30 november 2019
the risk factors of incontinence treatment delay wich are shared by the women with delayed help seeking behaviour
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Shazia Saaqib
Assistant Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology
King Edward Medical University