Urinary and Anal Incontinence in Tunisian Women

University of Monastir

Status: Completed

Conditions: Woman

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03386292

Monastir University

Details and patient eligibility

About

The publications on prevalence and risk factors of urinary and anal incontinence in women were performed mainly in Europe and America. Consequently, result extrapolation to Tunisian population may not be a good practice which justifies this study and demonstrates its importance.

Full description

A cross-sectional study will be conducted among female doctors and nurses randomly selected from 3 large hospitals in the center of Tunisia. The prevalence of urinary incontinence and anal incontinence will be measured using validated questionnaires.

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Professional seniority in the current service over than 6 months
• Subject has given his consent

Exclusion criteria

• Resident
• Intern
• An ongoing pregnancy
• A recent birth (less than 6 months)
• A psychiatric disease
• An acute or chronic kidney disease
• Neurological disease