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Female urinary incontinence and sexuality.
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 119 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of pharmacotherapy on sexual function in female patients being treated for idiopathic overactive bladder: a systematic review.BMC women's health · 2024Pooled it
- Birth-Related Perineal Trauma in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Maternal and child health journal · 2019Pooled it
- Exploring Home-Based Breathing-Training Experiences and Device Needs of Women with Postpartum Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Qualitative Study.International urogynecology journal · 2026Article
- Effects of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training on Female Sexual Function in Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Controlled Observational Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Observational
- Potential factors influencing quality of life in Chinese adult women with urinary incontinence: a nationwide cross-sectional study.World journal of urology · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Impact of Urinary Incontinence on the Capacity and Performance of Chilean Women: A Secondary Analysis of the III Estudio Nacional de la Discapacidad en Chile National Survey.International urogynecology journal · 2026Article
- Prevalence of depression & anxiety in post-hysterectomy women & their association with quality of life: A cross-sectional hospital-based study.The Indian journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence and Overactive Bladder Among Female University Students in Kazakhstan.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of pregnant and postpartum women regarding stress urinary incontinence.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Assessing Quality of Life Among Women with Urinary Incontinence-Medical, Psychological, and Sociodemographic Determinants.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Innervation pattern and fiber counts of the human dorsal nerve of clitoris.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Prevalence of stress urinary incontinence symptoms and their impact on the quality of life of Palestinian women: the first large cross-sectional study among the general population.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Incidence and risk factors of stress urinary incontinence after laparoscopic hysterectomy.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- The effect of duloxetine on female sexual functions in the treatment of stress incontinence.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2023Article
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- Surgical Treatments for Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Systematic Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Strength and Bioelectrical Activity of the Pelvic Floor Muscles and Sexual Function in Women with and without Stress Urinary Incontinence: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Kegel Exercise Training Program among Women with Urinary Incontinence.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Coexistent Detrusor Overactivity-Underactivity in Patients with Pelvic Floor Disorders.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Quality of Life, Psychological Wellbeing, and Sexuality in Women with Urinary Incontinence-Where Are We Now: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
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Abstract
Urinary incontinence is a common problem among women and it is estimated that between 15 and 55% of them complain of lower urinary symptoms. The most prevalent form of urinary incontinence is associated with stress, followed by mixed urinary incontinence and urge urinary incontinence. It is a symptom with several effects on quality of life of women mainly in their social, familiar and sexual domains. Female reproductive and urinary systems share anatomical structures, which promotes that urinary problems interfere with sexual function in females. This article is a review of both the concepts of female urinary incontinence and its impact on global and sexual quality of life. Nowadays, it is assumed that urinary incontinence, especially urge urinary incontinence, promotes anxiety and several self-esteem damages in women. The odour and the fear of incontinence during sexual intercourse affect female sexual function and this is related with the unpredictability and the chronicity of incontinence, namely urge urinary incontinence. Female urinary incontinence management involves conservative (pelvic floor muscle training), surgical and pharmacological treatment. Both conservative and surgical treatments have been studied about its benefit in urinary incontinence and also the impact among female sexual function. Unfortunately, there are sparse articles that evaluate the benefits of female sexual function with drug management of incontinence.
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