Urinary Incontinence (UI) is a common symptom that affects women of all ages with a wide range of severity and nature of symptoms. UI is not a lifethreatening disease, but the symptoms may seriously influence the physical, psychological, and social well being of the affected individuals. With increasing life expectancy and epidemic of obesity there has been a gradual rise in the prevalence of u...

SA Fam Pract 2007;49(6): 34-39 CPD Article Urinary incontinence affects approximately a quarter of a billion people worldwide. It is associated with high economic costs, psychological morbidity and adverse effects on the quality of life. Despite this, few women seek help for this condition either due to embarrassment and unwillingness to discuss the symptom with their family member or friend or...

Sexual health is important to the self worth, emotional well being, and overall quality of life of women in midlife. However, urinary incontinence, which is prevalent in this population, has a negative impact on sexual function. The purpose of this article is to review the impact of urinary incontinence on female sexual dysfunction and discuss the impact of urinary incontinence treatment on sex...

The prevalence of urinary incontinence is around 20% of healthy middle-aged women. Incontinence causes a negative impact on the quality of life and sexuality. From August 2002 to January 2004, 30 patients (mean age 43 years) with stress urinary incontinence (59%), overactive bladder (15%) and mixed incontinence (26%) answered the ICIQ-SF(International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnarie-...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to investigate the possible association between parity, as indicated by the number of childbirths, and prevalence of urinary incontinence in an adult female population sample. DESIGN AND SETTING A sample of 3114 women aged 30-59 years was selected at random from the population of Aarhus, Denmark, and mailed a self administered questionnaire on urinary incontinence ...

Correspondence: emily L Whitcomb Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Orange County irvine Medical Center, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, 6650 Alton Parkway, irvine, CA 92618 Tel +1 949 932 5677 Fax +1 949 932 6348 email [email protected] Background: The purpose of this research was review the epidemiology of the association of obesity and urinary incontinence...