Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Different Age Categories

Urinary Incontinence Clinical Trial

Official title:

Prevalence of the Urinary Incontinence in Adolescents, Young, Adults and Aged

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00906607
• Other study ID #: 0077/08
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 19, 2009
• Last updated: May 20, 2009
• Start date: February 2008
• Est. completion date: October 2008

Study information

• Verified date: May 2009
• Source: Universidade de Franca
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Introduction: Urinary incontinence (UI) is considered erroneously by many as being a phenomenon of the aging process, however there is a growing prevalence of complaints of UI in nulliparous and nulligest young women.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of urinary incontinence in women of different age groups.

Method: 78 nulliparous and nulligest women of different resident age groups in the city of France, being these divided in: G1 (10-18 years); G2 (20-35 years); G3 (45-60 years) and G4 (65-75 years). Excluded from this study were women with cancer or surgeries of the inferior urinary treatment, urinary infection, alterations cognitive, pregnant and obesity. All the participants were questioned as a perception of urine loss, to the efforts or effortlessly evident.

Description:

All participants were asked about perceived loss of urine, the effort or without apparent effort. The responses of participants from G1 were offered by parents and / or responsible.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 78
• Est. completion date: October 2008
• Est. primary completion date: August 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 10 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• nulliparous and nulligest women

Exclusion Criteria:

• women with cancer reported

• surgeries of the inferior urinary treatment

• urinary infection

• cognitive alterations

• pregnant

• obesity

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Urinary Incontinence

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade de Franca