OBJECTIVE: To determine whether urinary incontinence (UI) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) persist over years, patients treated for UI and LUTS in childhood were re-evaluated in adulthood.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty-seven women (cases) treated in childhood for daytime UI/LUTS (group A) and nocturnal enuresis (group B) self-completed (average age: 24.89 ± 3.5 years) the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire for Female with LUTS (ICIQ-FLUTS). ICIQ-FLUTS was self-administered to 111 healthy women (average age: 23 ± 5.1 years) from a nursing school as a control group. Data obtained from ICIQ-FLUTS and quality of life (QoL) score (0-10) were compared (Fisher's exact test) between patients and controls, and between group A (n = 28) and group B (n = 19).
RESULTS: Prevalence of LUTS was higher in patients than in controls. The difference between patients and controls was statistically significant (p = 0.0001) for UI (34% vs. 7%) and feeling of incomplete bladder emptying (49% vs. 28%). QoL score was >5 in 59% of patients and 1% of controls (p = 0.0001). No significant differences were found between groups A and B.
CONCLUSIONS: UI and LUTS are confirmed in young women who suffered for the same condition in childhood. Longitudinal studies are needed to assess if these symptoms persist or are newly onset.
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Petrangeli F, Capitanucci ML, Marciano A, Mosiello G, Alvaro R, Zaccara A, Finazzi-Agro E, De Gennaro M. Are you the author?
School of Nursing, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy; Urology, Robotic Surgery and Urodynamic Unit, Department of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesú, Rome, Italy; Department of Urology, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.
Reference: J Pediatr Urol. 2014 Feb 5. pii: S1477-5131(14)00028-X.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2014.01.003
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24560802
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