Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: July | Volume: 12 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 56-61
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220708
A Survey of Urinary Incontinence in Multigravida Females: A Cross-Sectional Study
Nirmitee Koli1, Dr. Jyoti Parle2, Dr.Tejal Pardeshi3, Dr.Shweta Phadke4, Dr.Praniti Tilak5
1Intern, 2HOD & Professor (PT), 3Associate Professor (PT), 4Principal, 5Campus Director
Lokmanya Tilak College Of Physiotherapy, Kharghar,Navi Mumbai, India.
Corresponding Author: Nirmitee Koli
ABSTRACT
Urinary incontinence (UI) is the complaint of involuntary leakage of urine on effort or exertion or, such as sneezing or coughing or in case of urges experienced during infections and is known to be prevalent in females more so in those who are multipara, having an immense impact on the psychosocial health and in turn is associated with a decline in the quality of life. The incidence is adverse due to numerous components which may be hindrance and humiliation experienced while stepping forward and reporting the same, negligence due to insufficient knowledge, shyness, financial vulnerability. Although several large-scale studies have focused on epidemiology of Urinary Incontinence in females of western countries, limited data is available from countries such as India therefore making it the need of the hour to conduct a study here.The objective was to observe the prevalence of Urinary Incontinence and estimate the percentage prevalence of Stress, Urge, Mixed Urinary Incontinence. Hence a cross-sectional study was undertaken wherein 200 multigravida in the age group of 40-60 years were selected based on the inclusion criteria. The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-UI Short Form (US-2003) was administered to determine their status of urinary incontinence. Results showed the prevalence of urinary incontinence in multigravida to be 45% with stress incontinence being the highest (60.0%). In conclusion, awareness about the symptoms of urinary incontinence and related risk factors will lead to appropriate and timely measures for prevention and treatment hence this study was conducted.
Key words: Urinary incontinence, multigravida, cross-sectional study, ICIQ UI-SF.