ArticleInternational urogynecology journal2018
Urinary incontinence in nulliparous women before and during pregnancy: prevalence, incidence, type, and risk factors.
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Pessary Use for Stress Urinary Incontinence in Pregnancy: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
36 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.
- Age at first birth and risk of urinary incontinence after delivery: a dose-response meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence, incidence and bothersomeness of urinary incontinence in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International urogynecology journal · 2021Pooled it
- Economic burden of maternal morbidity - A systematic review of cost-of-illness studies.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
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- Increased Detrusor Thickness and Reduced Uterocervical Angle as Novel Predictors of De Novo Urinary Incontinence in Pregnancy: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study.International urogynecology journal · 2026Article
- Urinary incontinence during pregnancy and in the postpartum period.Nature reviews. Urology · 2026Review
- Health care across the first year postpartum and experiences of women with anxiety/depressive symptoms: A longitudinal cohort of first-time mothers in Ireland (MAMMI).Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- Knowledge and Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence Among Third-Trimester Pregnant Women.International urogynecology journal · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Pregnancy-Specific Urinary Incontinence: Findings from the Diamater Cohort Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The prevalence and persistence of maternal morbidities after first vs. second birth: A prospective cohort study in Ireland.PloS one · 2025Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of urinary incontinence in pregnant Korean women.Obstetrics & gynecology science · 2024Article
- Impact of Obesity and Hyperglycemia on Pregnancy-specific Urinary Incontinence.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2023Article
- Is vitamin D replacement effective in the treatment of postpartum urinary incontinence?International urogynecology journal · 2023Article
- Establishment and validation of a simple nomogram for predicting early postpartum stress urinary incontinence among women with vaginal delivery: a retrospective study.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Urinary and anal incontinence in pregnancy in a Nigerian population: A prospective longitudinal study.SAGE open medicine · 2023Article
- An International Continence Society (ICS)/ International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) joint report on the terminology for the assessment and management of obstetric pelvic floor disorders.International urogynecology journal · 2023Article
- Factors associated with cesarean birth in nulliparous women: A multicenter prospective cohort study.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2022Article
- Prevention and treatment of peripartum urinary incontinence-a survey of hospital-based maternity services in Ireland.International urogynecology journal · 2022Article
- Transcriptomic Profiling of Rectus Abdominis Muscle in Women with Gestational Diabetes-Induced Myopathy: Characterization of Pathophysiology and Potential Muscle Biomarkers of Pregnancy-Specific Urinary Incontinence.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Hormonal Influence in Stress Urinary Incontinence During Pregnancy and Postpartum.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionWhile many women report urinary incontinence (UI) during pregnancy, associations with pre-pregnancy urinary leakage remain under-explained.
methodsWe performed a multi-strand prospective cohort study with 860 nulliparous women recruited during pregnancy.
resultsPrevalence of any urinary leakage was 34.8% before and 38.7% during pregnancy. Prevalence of UI, leaking urine at least once per month, was 7.2% and 17.7% respectively. Mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) was reported by 59.7% of women before and 58.8% during pregnancy, stress urinary incontinence (SUI) by 22.6% and 37.2%, and urge urinary incontinence (UUI) by 17.7% and 4.0%, respectively. SUI accounted for half (50.0%), MUI for less than half (44.2%), and UUI for 5.8% of new-onset UI in pregnancy. Pre-pregnancy UI was significantly associated with childhood enuresis [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 2.9, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.5-5.6, p = 0.001) and a body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m
conclusionConsiderable proportions of nulliparous women leak urine before and during pregnancy, and most ignore symptoms. Healthcare professionals have several opportunities for promoting continence in all pregnant women, particularly in women with identifiable risk factors. If enquiry about UI, and offering advice on effective preventative and curative treatments, became routine in clinical practice, it is likely that some of these women could become or stay continent.
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