Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Different Age Categories

Prevalence of the Urinary Incontinence in Adolescents, Young, Adults and Aged

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00906607

Enrollment

Registered

2009-05-21

Start date

2008-02-29

Completion date

2008-10-31

Last updated

2009-05-21

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Conditions

Urinary Incontinence

Keywords

Urinary Incontinence

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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

10 Years to 75 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* nulliparous and nulligest women

Exclusion criteria

* women with cancer reported * surgeries of the inferior urinary treatment * urinary infection * cognitive alterations * pregnant * obesity

Outcome results