TY - JOUR
T1 - Urinary incontinence amongst Malaysian women in Selangor
T2 - Prevalence, Types and Risk Factors
AU - Quek, Kia Fatt
AU - Singh, Harbindar Jeet
AU - Kaur, Gupreet
AU - Zain, Anuar Zaini Md
AU - Bin Nordin, Rusli
A2 - Kaur Dhillon, Hardip
N1 - Hardip Kaur Dhillon, Quek Kia Fatt, Harbindar Jeet Singh, Gurpreet Kaur, Anuar Zaini Md Zain, Rusli Bin Nordin. Urinary Incontinence Amongst Malaysian Women in Selangor: Prevalence, Types and Risk Factors, World Journal of Public Health. Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2019 , pp. 10-19. doi: 10.11648/j.wjph.20190401.12
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Information on urinary incontinence (UI) amongst Malaysian women remains incomplete and inconclusive. Of the few available studies, none had used the holistic approach to study UI amongst Malaysian women and information on the prevalence and the types of UI experienced by the Malaysian women therefore remains debatable. The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of UI and its types in Malaysian females, determine the demographic characteristics of those with UI and to elucidate the association between potential risk factors and female UI. A validated, standardised Malay Monash Women Health Questionnaire (MMWHQ) was administered to 350 community dwelling, Malaysian women. The response rate was 86% (n=301). The dropout rate for interviews was 30%. Descriptive statistics and multinomial regression were applied. The estimated prevalence of UI (n=52) was 17.3 ± 4.65% (95% Confidence Interval 16.95 - 26.25%). Majority of respondents had reported no UI (82.7%; n=249), while 8.0% of the respondents complained of stress urinary incontinence (SUI), 5% reported urge urinary incontinence (UUI) and 4.3% had mixed urinary incontinence (MUI). Most women with UI were of middle age, of Chinese ethnicity, with secondary education, with an income of <RM999/- per month, married, had undergone vaginal childbirth with or without episiotomy and had 1 to more than 4 children. There was a significant association between UI and risk factors including menopause, increased BMI, straining hard during defecation, coffee consumption and depression in the risk factor model. The Malay version QUID was found to be a user-friendly diagnostic tool to identify types of UI. The prevalence of SUI was higher than previously reported. The association between risk factors and UI observed in this study was somewhat similar to those previously reported in a number of studies in other populations. Keywords: Malaysian Female UI, Malay - Version Questionnaire Urinary Incontinence Diagnosis (QUID), Malay Monash Women Health Questionnaire (MMWHQ), Prevalence, UI Types, Risk Factors Model
AB - Information on urinary incontinence (UI) amongst Malaysian women remains incomplete and inconclusive. Of the few available studies, none had used the holistic approach to study UI amongst Malaysian women and information on the prevalence and the types of UI experienced by the Malaysian women therefore remains debatable. The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of UI and its types in Malaysian females, determine the demographic characteristics of those with UI and to elucidate the association between potential risk factors and female UI. A validated, standardised Malay Monash Women Health Questionnaire (MMWHQ) was administered to 350 community dwelling, Malaysian women. The response rate was 86% (n=301). The dropout rate for interviews was 30%. Descriptive statistics and multinomial regression were applied. The estimated prevalence of UI (n=52) was 17.3 ± 4.65% (95% Confidence Interval 16.95 - 26.25%). Majority of respondents had reported no UI (82.7%; n=249), while 8.0% of the respondents complained of stress urinary incontinence (SUI), 5% reported urge urinary incontinence (UUI) and 4.3% had mixed urinary incontinence (MUI). Most women with UI were of middle age, of Chinese ethnicity, with secondary education, with an income of <RM999/- per month, married, had undergone vaginal childbirth with or without episiotomy and had 1 to more than 4 children. There was a significant association between UI and risk factors including menopause, increased BMI, straining hard during defecation, coffee consumption and depression in the risk factor model. The Malay version QUID was found to be a user-friendly diagnostic tool to identify types of UI. The prevalence of SUI was higher than previously reported. The association between risk factors and UI observed in this study was somewhat similar to those previously reported in a number of studies in other populations. Keywords: Malaysian Female UI, Malay - Version Questionnaire Urinary Incontinence Diagnosis (QUID), Malay Monash Women Health Questionnaire (MMWHQ), Prevalence, UI Types, Risk Factors Model
U2 - 10.11648/j.wjph.20190401.12
DO - 10.11648/j.wjph.20190401.12
M3 - Article
SN - 2637-6059
VL - 4
SP - 10
EP - 19
JO - World Journal of Public Health
JF - World Journal of Public Health
IS - 1
ER -