Study of socio-demographic profile of women suffering from urinary incontinence and associated co-morbid conditions in an urban slum in Mumbai
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Urinary incontinence (UI) defined by the International Continence Society as the complaint of any involuntary leakage of urine, is a social or hygienic problem. The purpose of this study was to determine the socio-demographic profile and prevalence of UI in women of an urban slum and associated co-morbidities of UI. Methods: A pre-formed, pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire was designed to collect information from 1200 eligible and willing women; in a centre based study over a period of six months. The sample size was calculated taking the prevalence rate from other studies as 10-30% and sampling method was systematic random sampling. The data was entered in Microsoft Excel and analysis was done. Results: 78.59% of participants were Muslims, 36.5% were illiterate, 84.5% were housewives, maximum were in age group 31-40 years, belonging to socio-economic class 2 of Prasad’s classification, prevalence of urinary incontinence was (30.08%) with stress UI being the most prevalent. The associated co-morbidites were seen in 20.2% of those with UI. Conclusion: The prevalence of UI was high in the study sample especially that of stress UI. The frequency of co-morbidities associated with UI was high.
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Armaity Dehmubed, Jyoti S Mandge
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