Prevalence of urinary incontinence in Indian multigravida

摘要

Background: Urinary incontinence is a problem that creates both physical and psychologicalnuisance to a woman. This problem needs to be studied in detail in Indian population because of lack of precisedata. The present study looked at the types of complications of these practices which present to a largemetropolitan women's hospital in order to determine how we can appropriately treat and support affectedwomen. The objective is to find out the prevalence of urinary incontinence in multigravida females. Methods:A cross-sectional study was undertaken interviewing 100 multigravidas who attended Gynaecology andobstetrics department of Hakeem Abdul Hameed Centenary Hospital, New Delhi. All the multigravida werescreened and those who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were taken as subject in the study. Result: The Meanstress score of all the patients was 12.13±6.5 with a minimum stress score of 1 and maximum of 26. Similarly,the mean urge score of all the patients was 8.33±6.23. The minimum urge score was 0 whereas maximum urgescore was 26. Discussion: Results showed that the prevalence of stress incontinence was highest (49%) in theselected sample (N=100). The stress incontinence was highest in age group of 41-45 years whereas theincidence of urge incontinence was highest in 31 to 35 years as well as 36-40 years. Conclusion: The findingswill help increase the awareness of health care workers involved in the care of multigravida women abouturinary incontinence and aid the design of more intensive education programmes. Knowing about prevalenceand risk factors of urinary incontinence is very important, so that necessary steps in its prevention, it’sawareness and treatment can be taken.