ArticlePLOS global public health2022
Estimated burden, and associated factors of Urinary Incontinence among Sub-Saharan African women aged 15-100 years: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate approach to develop a pelvic floor muscle training guidebook to treat stress urinary incontinence in women.Obstetrics & gynecology science · 2024Article
- Urinary incontinence (UI) in older women in low- and middle-income countries: a rapid review and case study from Burkina Faso.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Pelvic floor therapy program for the treatment of female urinary incontinence in Belize: a pilot study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Quality of Life among Overweight and Obese Women with Different Severity and Types of Urinary Incontinence.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2024Article
- Practitioner's knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices towards urinary incontinence.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2023Article
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Abstract
Hospital and community based-studies had been conducted for Urinary Incontinence (UI) in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) countries. A significant limitation of these studies is likely under-estimation of the burden of UI in SSA. It is therefore, imperative that a well-structured systematic review and meta-analytical models in SSA are required to accurately and reliably estimate the burden of UI. Medline/PubMed, Google Scholar, Africa Journal Online (AJOL) were searched to identified data on burden of UI studies in SSA. Two independent authors performed the initial screening of studies based on the details found in their titles and abstracts. The quality of the retrieved studies was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment instrument. The pooled burden of UI was calculated using a weighted inverse variance random-effects model. A sub-group and meta-regression analyses were performed. Publication bias was checked by the funnel plot and Egger's test. Of the 25 studies included, 14 were hospital-based, 10 community- based, and 1 university-based studies involving an overall 17863 participants from SSA. The systematic review showed that the prevalence of UI ranged from 0.6% in Sierra Leone to 42.1% in Tanzania. The estimated pooled burden of UI across all studies was 21% [95% CI: 16%-26%, I2 = 91.01%]. The estimated pooled prevalence of stress UI was 52% [95% CI: 42%-62%], urgency UI 21% [95% CI: 15%-26%], and mixed UI 27% [95% CI: 20%-35%]. The common significant independent factors were; parity, constipation, overweight/obese, vaginal delivery, chronic cough, gestational age, and aging. One out of every five women in SSA suffers from UI. Parity, constipation, overweight/obesity, vaginal delivery, chronic cough, gestational age, and age were the most important risk variables. As a result, interventions aimed at reducing the burden of UI in SSA women aged 15 to 100 years old in the context of identified determinants could have significant public health implications.
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