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Observational Study on the Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Female Athletes
Purpose: To study the prevalence of UI in female athletes, the category of sports with the highest number of cases, the most incident risk factors and the bio-psycho-social consequences. Methods: Preparation of a survey, based on two validated questionnaires answered by 63 participants, to carry out...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8197179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34073782 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115591 |
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author | Velázquez-Saornil, Jorge Méndez-Sánchez, Encarnación Gómez-Sánchez, Sonia Sánchez-Milá, Zacarías Cortés-Llorente, Ester Martín-Jiménez, Ana Sánchez-Jiménez, Elena Campón-Chekroun, Angélica |
author_facet | Velázquez-Saornil, Jorge Méndez-Sánchez, Encarnación Gómez-Sánchez, Sonia Sánchez-Milá, Zacarías Cortés-Llorente, Ester Martín-Jiménez, Ana Sánchez-Jiménez, Elena Campón-Chekroun, Angélica |
author_sort | Velázquez-Saornil, Jorge |
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description | Purpose: To study the prevalence of UI in female athletes, the category of sports with the highest number of cases, the most incident risk factors and the bio-psycho-social consequences. Methods: Preparation of a survey, based on two validated questionnaires answered by 63 participants, to carry out an analytical, transversal and observational study. All participants were European, adult, female athletes (mean age 30.78 years, standard deviation 12.16 years). Results: UI has a high prevalence (44.4%) in female athletes (compared to 10% in non-athletes), being more frequent in those who practice long-distance running. As age and years of sport practice increase, the incidence of this pathology increases. Absorbent pads are used by more than half of women with incontinence, while the rest wet their underwear. Menopause, childbirth and surgery in the region are risk factors for UI, while the presence of urinary tract infections or candidiasis is not. The results state that urine loss does not cause anxiety or depression, but it does affect sporting life. Conclusions: The prevalence of UI in this study is very high and more common in female athletes and the incidence increases with age and other risk factors. The salient consequence of this study is that urine loss affects their sporting environment, but does not induce depression or anxiety. |
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spelling | pubmed-81971792021-06-13 Observational Study on the Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Female Athletes Velázquez-Saornil, Jorge Méndez-Sánchez, Encarnación Gómez-Sánchez, Sonia Sánchez-Milá, Zacarías Cortés-Llorente, Ester Martín-Jiménez, Ana Sánchez-Jiménez, Elena Campón-Chekroun, Angélica Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Purpose: To study the prevalence of UI in female athletes, the category of sports with the highest number of cases, the most incident risk factors and the bio-psycho-social consequences. Methods: Preparation of a survey, based on two validated questionnaires answered by 63 participants, to carry out an analytical, transversal and observational study. All participants were European, adult, female athletes (mean age 30.78 years, standard deviation 12.16 years). Results: UI has a high prevalence (44.4%) in female athletes (compared to 10% in non-athletes), being more frequent in those who practice long-distance running. As age and years of sport practice increase, the incidence of this pathology increases. Absorbent pads are used by more than half of women with incontinence, while the rest wet their underwear. Menopause, childbirth and surgery in the region are risk factors for UI, while the presence of urinary tract infections or candidiasis is not. The results state that urine loss does not cause anxiety or depression, but it does affect sporting life. Conclusions: The prevalence of UI in this study is very high and more common in female athletes and the incidence increases with age and other risk factors. The salient consequence of this study is that urine loss affects their sporting environment, but does not induce depression or anxiety. MDPI 2021-05-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8197179/ /pubmed/34073782 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115591 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Velázquez-Saornil, Jorge Méndez-Sánchez, Encarnación Gómez-Sánchez, Sonia Sánchez-Milá, Zacarías Cortés-Llorente, Ester Martín-Jiménez, Ana Sánchez-Jiménez, Elena Campón-Chekroun, Angélica Observational Study on the Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Female Athletes |
title | Observational Study on the Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Female Athletes |
title_full | Observational Study on the Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Female Athletes |
title_fullStr | Observational Study on the Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Female Athletes |
title_full_unstemmed | Observational Study on the Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Female Athletes |
title_short | Observational Study on the Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Female Athletes |
title_sort | observational study on the prevalence of urinary incontinence in female athletes |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8197179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34073782 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115591 |
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