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Determining lower urinary tract symptoms and associated risk factors in young women
Author(s) -
TimurTaşhan Sermin,
Beji Nezihe K.,
Aslan Ergül,
Yalçin Önay
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.01.021
Subject(s) - medicine , nocturia , lower urinary tract symptoms , urinary incontinence , logistic regression , incidence (geometry) , population , gynecology , urinary system , risk factor , obstetrics , urology , environmental health , prostate , physics , optics , cancer
Objective To determine lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and associated risk factors in women aged 20 years and older. Methods The present population‐based, randomized, cross‐sectional study recruited 766 women aged 20 years and older from the province of Malatya, Turkey. Data on LUTS were collected via face‐to‐face interviews between December 1, 2006, and July 30, 2007. The data were reported descriptively and analyzed by logistic regression for associated risk factors. Results Regarding female LUTS, the incidence of urgency, urinary incontinence, nocturia, and frequency symptoms was 36.1%, 32.4%, 27.1%, and 22.8%, respectively. Logistic regression indicated that LUTS development was 6.1 times higher among women who had vaginal delivery than among those who had cesarean delivery; 3.7 times higher among women with gas incontinence than among those without; 2.9 times higher among women with frequent urinary tract infections that among those without; and 4.8 times higher among women whose mothers had a history of urine incontinence than among those whose mothers did not. Conclusion Vaginal delivery was found to be the highest risk factor for LUTS among women.