El-Azab Ahmed S, Mohamed Eman M, Sabra Hanaa I
Urology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Neurourol Urodyn. 2007;26(6):783-8. doi: 10.1002/nau.20412.
The exact magnitude of the problem of urinary incontinence (UI) in Egypt is not yet reported. We studied the prevalence and potential risk factors associated with UI among a group of Egyptian women as taken from a representative sample from the population.
A cross-sectional, community-based study.
Assiut, Upper Egypt, Egypt.
women, aged 20 years and older, selected randomly from the population.
PARTICIPANTS completed a previously validated questionnaire; Urogenital Distress Inventory-short form (UDI-6).
A total of 1,652 women were included. The prevalence of UI among our study subjects is 54.8%. Aging, low educational level, menopause, higher parity (>3), vaginal delivery, and previous multiple abortions (>3) were found to be significantly associated with UI. The prevalence of urge, stress and mixed incontinence, mutually exclusive of each other, was 15%, 14.8%, and 25%, respectively. The prevalence of severe incontinence is 8.4%. Regarding the quality of life, the most distressing issues for sufferers were their inability to pray (90%).
UI is quite common in Egypt and prevalence rates are higher when compared to other reports.
埃及尿失禁（UI）问题的确切严重程度尚未见报道。我们对一组来自埃及普通人群代表性样本的女性进行研究，以了解UI的患病率及相关潜在风险因素。
一项基于社区的横断面研究。
埃及上埃及阿斯尤特。
年龄在20岁及以上的随机选取的女性。
参与者完成一份先前验证过的问卷；泌尿生殖系统困扰量表简表（UDI - 6）。
共纳入1652名女性。我们研究对象中UI的患病率为54.8%。发现年龄增长、低教育水平、绝经、高生育次数（>3次）、阴道分娩以及既往多次流产（>3次）与UI显著相关。急迫性、压力性和混合性尿失禁（相互排斥）的患病率分别为15%、14.8%和25%。重度尿失禁的患病率为8.4%。关于生活质量，患者最苦恼的问题是无法祈祷（90%）。
尿失禁在埃及相当普遍，与其他报告相比患病率更高。
