Trapani Sara, De Angeli Giada, Villa Giulia, Bagnato Elisabetta, Caglioni Martina, Rinaldi Stefania, Salvatore Stefano, Candiani Massimo, Manara Duilio Fiorenzo
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan 20132, Italy.
Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome 00133, Italy.
MethodsX. 2024 Sep 27;13:102987. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2024.102987. eCollection 2024 Dec.
Urinary Incontinence (UI) has been identified as a health priority by the World Health Organization. Despite being a widely discussed topic, UI remains an underrecognized condition: affected individuals often refrain from reporting it due to its status as a socially sensitive topic and a source of embarrassment. UI exhibits a markedly higher prevalence in the female population compared to males and significantly diminishes the quality of life for those affected. It impacts various personal, relational, and social domains in which women aged 40-65 years are often actively engaged. Moreover, the most recent Italian prevalence publications date back to the early 2000s. Consequently, an observational study focused on UI in Italy could provide valuable insights. This paper outlines a protocol designed to investigate the point prevalence, risk factors, quality of life, social impact and economic burden of UI in female patients, caregivers, healthcare and administrative workers aged 40-65 years across four hospitals in Northern Italy using a survey (UI SURVEY) and two questionnaires validated in Italian (ICIQ UI-SF and IIQ-7). The findings of this study could also inform nursing and midwifery practices in the management of women affected by UI.
尿失禁已被世界卫生组织确定为一项健康重点问题。尽管这是一个被广泛讨论的话题，但尿失禁仍然是一种未得到充分认识的病症：由于其作为一个社会敏感话题和尴尬来源的性质，受影响的个体往往不愿报告。与男性相比，尿失禁在女性人群中的患病率明显更高，并且显著降低了受影响者的生活质量。它影响着40至65岁女性经常积极参与的各个个人、人际关系和社会领域。此外，意大利最近的患病率出版物可追溯到21世纪初。因此，一项针对意大利尿失禁情况的观察性研究可能会提供有价值的见解。本文概述了一项研究方案，该方案旨在通过一项调查（尿失禁调查）以及两份已在意大利语中得到验证的问卷（ICIQ UI-SF和IIQ-7），对意大利北部四家医院中年龄在40至65岁的女性患者、护理人员、医护人员及行政人员的尿失禁现患率、危险因素、生活质量、社会影响及经济负担进行调查。这项研究的结果也可为管理受尿失禁影响的女性的护理及助产实践提供参考。
