Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Different Age Categories
- Conditions
- Urinary Incontinence
- Registration Number
- NCT00906607
- Lead Sponsor
- Universidade de Franca
- Brief Summary
Introduction: Urinary incontinence (UI) is considered erroneously by many as being a phenomenon of the aging process, however there is a growing prevalence of complaints of UI in nulliparous and nulligest young women.
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of urinary incontinence in women of different age groups.
Method: 78 nulliparous and nulligest women of different resident age groups in the city of France, being these divided in: G1 (10-18 years); G2 (20-35 years); G3 (45-60 years) and G4 (65-75 years). Excluded from this study were women with cancer or surgeries of the inferior urinary treatment, urinary infection, alterations cognitive, pregnant and obesity. All the participants were questioned as a perception of urine loss, to the efforts or effortlessly evident.
- Detailed Description
All participants were asked about perceived loss of urine, the effort or without apparent effort. The responses of participants from G1 were offered by parents and / or responsible.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 78
- nulliparous and nulligest women
- women with cancer reported
- surgeries of the inferior urinary treatment
- urinary infection
- cognitive alterations
- pregnant
- obesity
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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