TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk factors for urinary incontinence during pregnancy among nulliparous women in the United Arab Emirates
AU - Elbiss, Hassan M.
AU - Osman, Nawal
AU - Abu-Zidan, Fikri M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/1/27
Y1 - 2023/1/27
N2 - Urinary incontinence (UI), which affects the quality of life, is associated with different risk factors during pregnancy. We aimed to study the risk factors related to UI during pregnancy among nulliparous women in the UAE. This is a prospective descriptive survey, which included all nulliparous women after the first 24 weeks' gestation from 2012 to 2014 in a teaching hospital in the UAE. Participants were interviewed face-to-face, using a structured and pre-tested questionnaire and divided into 2 groups: those with UI and those without it. Factors which were statistically significant (P <.05) between the 2 groups were entered into an logistic regression backward logistic regression model to define the factors predicting UI. Five hundred one participants were interviewed. UI occurred in 106/501 (21.2%). The 2-sample comparison analysis showed that urinary tract infection (UTI) (47.2% vs 34.4%, P =.018) and its number of attacks (P =.007), chronic cough (28.3% vs 13.9%, P <.001) and chronic constipation (34.9% vs 19%, P <.001) were statistically significant between those who had UI and those who did not. The logistic regression backward logistic regression model showed that the risk factors which predicted UI were chronic constipation (P =.003), chronic cough (P =.008), and the number of UTI attacks (P =.036). UI affects one-fifth of nulliparous women in the UAE. Chronic cough, constipation, and repeated UTI infection, significantly increase the odds of UI during pregnancy. Addressing these risk factors may reduce the risk of UI.
AB - Urinary incontinence (UI), which affects the quality of life, is associated with different risk factors during pregnancy. We aimed to study the risk factors related to UI during pregnancy among nulliparous women in the UAE. This is a prospective descriptive survey, which included all nulliparous women after the first 24 weeks' gestation from 2012 to 2014 in a teaching hospital in the UAE. Participants were interviewed face-to-face, using a structured and pre-tested questionnaire and divided into 2 groups: those with UI and those without it. Factors which were statistically significant (P <.05) between the 2 groups were entered into an logistic regression backward logistic regression model to define the factors predicting UI. Five hundred one participants were interviewed. UI occurred in 106/501 (21.2%). The 2-sample comparison analysis showed that urinary tract infection (UTI) (47.2% vs 34.4%, P =.018) and its number of attacks (P =.007), chronic cough (28.3% vs 13.9%, P <.001) and chronic constipation (34.9% vs 19%, P <.001) were statistically significant between those who had UI and those who did not. The logistic regression backward logistic regression model showed that the risk factors which predicted UI were chronic constipation (P =.003), chronic cough (P =.008), and the number of UTI attacks (P =.036). UI affects one-fifth of nulliparous women in the UAE. Chronic cough, constipation, and repeated UTI infection, significantly increase the odds of UI during pregnancy. Addressing these risk factors may reduce the risk of UI.
KW - nulliparous
KW - pregnancy
KW - risk factors
KW - urinary incontinence (UI)
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U2 - 10.1097/MD.0000000000032738
DO - 10.1097/MD.0000000000032738
M3 - Article
C2 - 36705358
AN - SCOPUS:85146917809
SN - 0025-7974
VL - 102
SP - E32738
JO - Medicine (United States)
JF - Medicine (United States)
IS - 4
ER -