Prevalence and risk factors associated with urinary incontinence in climate women
International Journal of Development Research
Prevalence and risk factors associated with urinary incontinence in climate women
Received 11th February, 2021; Received in revised form 04th March, 2021; Accepted 16th April, 2021; Published online 30th May, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Fernanda Paluszkiewicz Dullius et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
To investigate the prevalence and factors associated with urinary incontinence (IU) in climacteric women attending the Family Health Strategies. Cross-sectional study with 874 climacteric women, selected by probabilistic sampling. The variables were investigated by a structured/pre-tested questionnaire. Bivariate analysis was performed using the chi-square test for variable selection for the multiple model adopting p≤0.25. In multivariate analysis, binary logistic regression was used to obtain adjusted odds ratios. After the analysis, the final model was constructed, adopting a significance level of p ≤ 0.05. The prevalence of urinary tract infection was 22.5%. After adjustments, the odds of urinary incontinence referred to these variables: single, sedentary/irregularly active women, smokers, overweight, obese women with severe climacteric symptoms, having episiotomy and presenting ovarian cysts. It was concluded that the presence of modifiable factors were associated with urinary incontinence.
