Frequency of Different Types of Urinary Incontinence and Their impact on Quality of Life of Pakistani Women

Abstract

The International Continence Society (ICS) defines Incontinence of urine as involuntary loss of urine. Objective: To determine the frequencies of different types of incontinence of urine and their impact on quality of life of Pakistani women. Method: Descriptive observational study was conducted at outpatient department of five centers. Three validated questionnaires were used for quality-of-life assessment, International Consultation Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form (ICIQ-SF), Medical Outcome Study 36 items Short Form (SF-36) and King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ). Result: The study included 436 women. The most frequent type of incontinence of urine was mixed (n=281, 64.45%) followed by stress incontinence (n=129, 29.59%) and urge incontinence (n=26, 5.96%). The women suffering from mixed type of incontinence of urine had maximum effect on quality of life both general and specific. Conclusions: All types of incontinence of urine had an effect on quality of life but the mixed type had more impact.