Prevalence of urinary incontinence among elite athletes of both sexes

Autor: Fernando Gutierrez-Ortega, Elena Sonsoles Rodríguez-López, Angel Basas-Garcia, Jesús Guodemar-Pérez, Sofia Olivia Calvo-Moreno, Maria Barbano Acevedo-Gomez
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 24:338-344
ISSN: 1440-2440
Popis: OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) among elite athletes and to compare prevalences between sexes and across different sports modalities. METHODS This was a cross-sectional, observational study conducted in 754 elite athletes (455 women or girls and 299 men or boys). Participants completed a questionnaire to collect self-reported anthropometric measures, medical history and sport-related data, and the questionnaires International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-UI Short-Form (ICQ-UI SF), Three Incontinence Questions (3IQ) and Incontinence Severity Index (ISI). RESULTS According to replies to the ICQ-UI SF questionnaire, 33% of the athletes had UI at a mean age of 23.75±7.74 years. Prevalences were 45.1% in female compared to 14.7% male athletes (p
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