Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Krakow, Poland.
Department of Basic Biomedical Science, School of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine in Sosnowiec, The Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland.
Med Educ Online. 2019 Dec;24(1):1685635. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2019.1685635.
: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is an embarrassing condition, which is one of the last taboos in modern medicine. The study aim was an attempt to assess medical students' knowledge of female stress urinary incontinence.: The study involved 432 students of the Medical Department at the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice. Participants answered open-ended questions about: risk factors, prevention, diagnostic tests, conservative and surgical treatment in stress urinary incontinence.: The obtained results indicated that female students know more about SUI than male students. Women - more often than men - could provide the definition of SUI (p < 0.01); additionally, they more frequently indicated prevention methods (p < 0.01), diagnostic testing (p < 0.001) and conservative methods of treatment (p < 0.001). Not all the respondents were able to properly define stress urinary incontinence. Risk factors were known to most of the respondents but only half of them were aware of surgical treatment and prevention methods. Even fewer answered questions about conservative treatment and diagnostic tests correctly.: We conclude that the knowledge of medical undergraduates who took part in the survey was not satisfactory. Most of the students were able to define properly the disease and point out risk factors. However, several steps should be taken to make stress urinary incontinence a disease much more known to medical students.: SUI: Stress urinary incontinence; Group F: Females Group; Group M: Males Group; TVT: Tension Free Vaginal Tape; TOT: Transobturator Tape.
压力性尿失禁（SUI）是一种令人尴尬的疾病，是现代医学中最后几个禁忌之一。本研究旨在评估医学生对女性压力性尿失禁的了解程度。
该研究涉及了来自西里西亚医科大学的 432 名医学系学生。参与者回答了关于压力性尿失禁的风险因素、预防、诊断测试、保守和手术治疗的开放性问题。
研究结果表明，女学生比男学生更了解 SUI。女性——比男性更频繁地提供 SUI 的定义（p<0.01）；此外，她们更频繁地指出预防方法（p<0.01）、诊断测试（p<0.001）和保守治疗方法（p<0.001）。并非所有的受访者都能正确地定义压力性尿失禁。大多数受访者都知道风险因素，但只有一半的人知道手术治疗和预防方法。更少的人能正确回答关于保守治疗和诊断测试的问题。
我们得出结论，参与调查的医学生的知识水平不尽如人意。大多数学生能够正确定义疾病并指出风险因素。然而，应该采取一些措施，使压力性尿失禁成为医学生更了解的疾病。
压力性尿失禁；Group F：女性组；Group M：男性组；TVT：无张力阴道吊带；TOT：经闭孔吊带。
