Urinary Incontinence, Its Risk Factors, and Quality of Life: A Prevalence Study, among Young Adult Women of Ahmedabad City, Gujarat

Abstract

Context: Urinary incontinence (UI) is a chronic debilitating disease that is often underreported, but it has a significant impact on one’s quality of life (QoL) thus it is of public health importance. Aims: This study aims to find out the prevalence of UI among young adult women, its associated risk factors, and treatment-seeking behavior, QoL in affected women. Methods: It is a clinic-based observational study and simple random sampling conducted on 8th March 2022 in young adult women, A Prevalence of 285 women for the survey for urinary incontinence was taken, where 206 women between 30 to 45 age were included in the study on basis of answering appropriately with a response rate of 72.2%. women having urinary incontinence in their lifespan have filled out the Questionnaire for Urinary Incontinence Diagnosis (QUID). Results: The result shows the descriptive characteristic of the study from 206 responses, prevalence rate shows 51% of women had suffered from urinary incontinence in their lifespan. women having urinary incontinence while coughing or sneezing is 20% rarely, 42% once in a while, 30% often, 6% most of the time, women’s having urinary incontinence while bending down or lifting something is 36% rarely, 29% once in a while, 23% often, 10% most of the time, women’s having urinary incontinence while walking quickly, jogging or exercising is 40% rarely, 31% once in a while, 20% often, 7% most of the time, women’s having urinary incontinence in their life span Conclusions: In conclusion, our result has shown that more than 50% of young adult women have suffered from urinary incontinence in their lifespan and need physiotherapy for the different types of urinary incontinence