Katsouli Eleni, Karathanasi Eleni-Alexandra, Ntalagianni Eleftheria, Terpos Themistoklis-Marios, Christakou Anna
Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Peloponnese, 23100 Sparta, Greece.
Laboratoty of Biomechanics, Department Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Peloponnese, 23100 Sparta, Greece.
Med Sci (Basel). 2025 Mar 1;13(1):22. doi: 10.3390/medsci13010022.
Urinary incontinence and low back pain are often present during pregnancy and after childbirth. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the number of children with the occurrence of urinary incontinence and low back pain after pregnancy in the Greek population.
Seventy-one Greek women (M = 35.0 age, SD = ±4.3) with specific inclusion criteria completed just once the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire and the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire after five years from childbirth.
A total of 28.2% of the participating women experienced urinary incontinence, and 38% experienced low back pain after pregnancy. No relationship has been found between urinary incontinence and the number of births (r = 0.062, = 0.609) and low back pain with the number of births (r = -0.076, = 0.529). Statistically significant correlations were found between urinary incontinence and low back pain (r = 0.33, < 0.01) and the urinary incontinence and the maternal age at first delivery (r = -0.264, = 0.026) in women who underwent a vaginal delivery in second birth had fewer urinary incontinence symptoms and increased low back pain.
Few correlations emerged in the present study. Future research is necessary to be conducted to examine the relationship between postpartum women's demographic data, urinary incontinence, and low back pain.
尿失禁和下背痛在孕期及产后较为常见。本研究旨在探讨希腊人群中子女数量与产后尿失禁及下背痛发生之间的关系。
71名符合特定纳入标准的希腊女性（年龄M = 35.0岁，标准差SD = ±4.3）在产后五年仅完成一次国际尿失禁咨询问卷和奥斯威斯功能障碍问卷。
共有28.2%的参与女性经历过尿失禁，38%的女性产后有下背痛。未发现尿失禁与生育次数之间存在关联（r = 0.062，P = 0.609），也未发现下背痛与生育次数之间存在关联（r = -0.076，P = 0.529）。在经历过阴道分娩的女性中，发现尿失禁与下背痛之间存在统计学显著相关性（r = 0.33，P < 0.01），且尿失禁与首次分娩时的产妇年龄之间存在相关性（r = -0.264，P = 0.026），第二次分娩采用阴道分娩的女性尿失禁症状较少，但下背痛有所增加。
本研究中出现的相关性较少。有必要开展进一步研究以探讨产后女性人口统计学数据、尿失禁和下背痛之间的关系。
