objective: the aims of this study were to determine the frequency of urinary and fecal incontinence and their determinants in pre-menopausal and menopausal women in iran. materials and methods: this one-year cross-sectional study was performed on 304 women aged 40-55 who were admitted to women's clinic at imam khomeini hospital. symptoms of urinary, gas, and fecal incontinence and pelvic organs...

introduction: urinary incontinence (ui) is a common disorder among aging population especially women. women are at more risk of ui than men, because of anatomic, social and cultural status and also because of pregnancy, delivery and menopause. regarding lack of studies in the area in yazd, the study aimed to find the prevalence and related factors to ui among aging women in yazd city, iran. met...

introduction: urinary incontinence (ui) is high prevalent in older women. little is known about how they manage with this chronic condition from their points of view. the aim of this study was to explore older women’s experiences of management strategies in dealing with urinary incontinence.  methods: eight community dwelling women aged 60 and over, with long term ui participated in this qualit...

Background: Women spend more than One – third of their life in postmenstrual period and more than 50% of them have urogenital problems in this period. The most common type of urinary incontinence in women is stress urinary incontinence and middle aged women are the most affected persons. Materials and methods: We treated 93 menopaused women during 3 months. There were three groups and each gro...

BACKGROUND Urinary incontinence is a highly prevalent condition in aging women that results in significant morbidity. Less than half of women who suffer from urinary incontinence seek treatment, resulting in a significant proportion of clinically relevant urinary incontinence remaining undiagnosed. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to quantify the prevalence of urinary incontinence in un...

Background: Urinary incontinence is defined as the involuntary loss of urine, which can affect up to 45% women after menopause. Radiofrequency a non-invasive procedure that involves application an electromagnetic wave through heat generation promotes neocollagenesis and neoeslatinogenesis in vaginal epithelium. This energy-based technology has been studied potential alternative for treatment ge...

BACKGROUND The research article looks at the background of women with urinary incontinence and exposed to different demographic factors. Women who had urinary incontinence and women without urinary incontinence were compared with regards to their demographic features and risk of development of urinary problems. These risk factors can either cause short term or temporary urinary incontinence or ...

Urinary incontinence during intercourse occurs in 10-56% of women suffering from urinary incontinence. Many strategies are used to cope with this problem. We investigated the impact of urinary incontinence during intercourse on the sexual life of 186 women suffering from stress urinary incontinence. Urinary leakage during sexual intercourse was reported by 140 women (75.27%). Changes in sexual ...