• 作者：M.I. Orna-Esteban^a ; ^{isabel_orna@hotmail.com} ; J.I. Artero-Muñ ; oz^a ; E. Caldentey-Isern^b ; L. Usieto-Ló ; pez^c ; P. Cuadra^c ; C. Isanta-Pomar^b
• 关键词：Incontinencia urinaria ; Prevalencia ; Calidad de vida
• 刊名：SEMERGEN - Medicina de Familia
• 出版年：2011
• 期刊代码：pca342_11383593
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：August-September 2011
• 卷：37
• 期：7
• 页码：347-351
• 文件大小：128 K

Introduction

Urinary incontinence (UI) has significant repercussions for health and has high social and economic costs. In spite of this, its prevalence is not well established and varies, according to different studies around the world, from 3 to 40%depending on age and sex. The principal aim of our study is to determine the prevalence of urine incontinence (UI) in two urban health centres (excluding the patients unable to come to the clinic) as well as the prevalence unknown to the Primary Care doctor.

Material and methods

A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out during February and March, 2010 in two urban health centres, with patients attending two family doctor clinics. Simple random sampling was used, selecting four patients each day during the period of the study, from non- institutionalised males and females age 14 years and over, who came to the clinic for another reason. A total sample of 356 patients was obtained.

Results

An overall prevalence of UI of 33%was obtained. Of these, 62%of the cases diagnosed were not known by the Primary Care doctor, and 79%had not been assessed by specialist. It caused some limitation in the quality of life in 60%of the cases.

Conclusions

In spite of the impact of the urinary incontinence, its prevalence is not well established well and varies in the studies conducted up to the present time. This confirms that further studies should be performed using standardised, validated and easy to compare methods in order to determine its prevalence nationwide.