ArticleInternational urogynecology journal2020
Severity of urinary incontinence is associated with prevalence of sexual dysfunction.
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- Factors Influencing the Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Women and its Impact on Sexual Quality of Life.Journal of clinical practice and research · 2024Article
- The mediating role of menstrual irregularity on obesity and sexual function in Chinese women with pelvic floor disorders: a cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Prevalence and severity of urinary incontinence and associated factors in Iranian postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study.BMC urology · 2023Article
- 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
- Analysis of Characteristics and Quality of Life of Elderly Women with Mild to Moderate Urinary Incontinence in Community Dwellings.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Clinical Efficacy of LSC and TVT-O for Stress Urinary Incontinence Complicated with Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Factors Influencing Postoperative Urinary Function Recovery.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2022Article
- Sexual Disorders in Women with Overactive Bladder and Urinary Stress Incontinence Compared to Controls: A Prospective Study.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2021Article
- Explaining factors affecting help-seeking behaviors in women with urinary incontinence: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Continence: Bowel and Bladder and Physical Function Decline in Women.Current geriatrics reports · 2020Article
- Surgery for pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence and female sexual functions: A quasi-experimental study.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
introduction and hypothesisUrinary incontinence (UI) affects overall health-related and sexual quality of life (QoL) in women. There is no consensus on the impact of severity and type of UI on the prevalence of sexual dysfunction (DS). The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between types and severity of UI and DS.
methodsA cross-sectional study of women with UI. INCLUSION CRITERIA: women complaining of UI and > 18 years old. Women with a history of previous treatment for UI, recurrent urinary tract infections, renal lithiasis, previous radiation therapy or pelvic organ prolapse above stage 2 in the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POP-Q) system were excluded. Clinical and epidemiological data were collected, and the following questionnaires were applied: ICIQ-SF, ICIQ-OAB, King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ) and Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI).
resultsConcerning the type of UI, the majority of women had MUI (69.1%) and 56.8% reported having coital UI. The mean score was 20.81 ± 8.45 in the FSFI questionnaire. There was a prevalence of SD in 71.6% of women, with no difference in types of UI (p = 0.753) and loss during sexual intercourse (p = 0.217). There was a correlation between severity of UI (ICIQ-SF) and arousal (r = -0.26; p = 0.008), lubrication (r = -0.25; p = 0.009), orgasm (r = -0.25; p = 0.009), pain (r = -0.26; p = 0.007) and total (r = -0.28; p = 0.004) domain scores.
conclusionsThere is a high prevalence of SD in women with urinary incontinence, irrespective of the type of UI and urine leakage during sexual intercourse. However, the greater the severity of UI is, the worse the sexuality questionnaire scores.
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