YOK
2019/01-39
Pregnancy is the main risk factor for the development of stress urinary incontinence. Stress urinary incontinence is the most common type of urinary incontinence in pregnant women and is known has detrimental effects on the quality of life. This study was planned to examine the prevalence and risk factors of stress urinary incontinence in primigravida pregnancies. This was a survey study. The study was performed between November 2019 and June 2020 in the Obstetrics and Gynecology and Urology Outpatient Clinics of Aksaray University School of Medicine, Aksaray Training and Research Hospital, Turkey. All the participants have previously given their informed consent in written form. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Aksaray University School of Medicine. There were512participants. Participants' demographic information and presence of incontinence, type of incontinence were recorded. The prevalence of stress urinary incontinence was 20.1%. Prepregnancy body mass index and history of smoking in the group with reporting stress urinary incontinence was higher than the group with no reporting stress urinary incontinence. There was an inverse relationship between weight gain in pregnancy and the risk of stress urinary incontinence. An increased body mass index and smoking are important and modifiable risk factors for the development of stress incontinence. It is important to implement of antenatal preventive strategies and to increase awareness in women about urinary incontinence and the reduction of risk factors.
2019/01-39
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Surgery |
Journal Section | Original Article |
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Project Number | 2019/01-39 |
Publication Date | April 29, 2022 |
Submission Date | June 25, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2022 |