Brito Luiz Gustavo Oliveira, Brito Luciane Maria Oliveira, Chein Maria Bethânia da Costa, Malheiros Elizabeth Santos de Andrade, Duarte Thaiana Bezerra, Pinto-Neto Aarão Mendes
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Int Urogynecol J. 2012 May;23(5):639-45. doi: 10.1007/s00192-012-1697-z. Epub 2012 Mar 13.
Low socioeconomic factors may influence the development of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Thus far, there is little research available on SUI in developing countries. We aimed to determine whether the prevalence of SUI in a northeastern Brazilian municipality was higher or lower than in the general female population.
Cross-sectional household cluster study of 1,180 climacteric women in the São Luís municipality (Maranhão state, Brazil) was conducted using a standardized questionnaire that was previously tested in a pilot study and administered by interviewers to obtain socioeconomic and cultural information, climacteric aspects, and life habits related to SUI.
From this population, 15.34% (n = 181) had SUI; this prevalence did not change with age. More than half (57.92%) of the patients replied that they had not consulted a physician for their SUI. The presence of SUI was not associated with any socioeconomic or gynecological variables after multivariate analysis.
The prevalence of SUI in São Luís was similar to the rates observed in the general global female population. Socioeconomic and gynecological variables were not associated with SUI.
社会经济因素较低可能会影响压力性尿失禁（SUI）的发生发展。到目前为止，发展中国家关于SUI的研究很少。我们旨在确定巴西东北部一个城市中SUI的患病率高于还是低于普通女性人群。
对巴西马拉尼昂州圣路易斯市1180名更年期女性进行横断面家庭整群研究，使用一份标准化问卷，该问卷先前在一项试点研究中进行过测试，由访员进行调查以获取社会经济和文化信息、更年期方面以及与SUI相关的生活习惯。
在该人群中，15.34%（n = 181）患有SUI；该患病率不随年龄变化。超过一半（57.92%）的患者表示她们未就其SUI咨询过医生。多变量分析后，SUI的存在与任何社会经济或妇科变量均无关联。
圣路易斯市SUI的患病率与全球普通女性人群中观察到的患病率相似。社会经济和妇科变量与SUI无关。
