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Prevalence of faecal incontinence among women with urinary incontinence
Author(s) -
Khullar Vik,
Damiano Rocco,
ToozsHobson Phil,
Cardozo Linda
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb09978.x
Subject(s) - urinary incontinence , medicine , urology , fecal incontinence , gynecology , obstetrics , surgery
Four hundred and sixty‐five women attending a urodynamic clinic were interviewed, and completed a detailed bowel questionnaire, about their urinary and bowel symptoms. All the women underwent video‐cystourethrography with pressure and flow studies. The reported incidence of faecal incontinence was 15.3% ( n = 71 ) on direct questioning and 26% 0( n = 121 ) on the postal questionnaire. Faecal incontinence was more common in women with a urodynamic diagnosis of detrusor instability (30′%1 ( n = 26 )) than among women diagnosed as having genuine stress incontinence (21% ( n = 38 )). Denervation and myogenic injuries sustained during childbirth have been suggested as a common cause for genuine stress and faecal incontinence, but there may be an alternative mechanism to explain why women with detrusor instability suffer from faecal incontinence.