[Urinary incontinence prevalence in a population of 3552 urologic consultations and 1905 urodynamic studies].
OBJECTIVE
To establish the rate of urinary incontinence (UI) prevalence in a population of 3552 urologic consultations and 1905 urodynamic studies.


METHODS
We conducted a revision of 3552 patients, 1905 of who were studied under pressure/flow urodynamic study estimating the rate of UI prevalence in terms of age, sex and type of incontinence.


RESULTS
Out of 3552 consultations, 586 patients were diagnosed with UI (16.5%). The same happened in 30.8% of the urodynamic studies (586/1905). The prevalence of Stress UI was 6.7%, la prevalence of urgency UI was 6.5% and finally the prevalence of Mixed IU was 2.6%-80.7% were women 19.8% men.


CONCLUSIONS
The prevalence of UI in our means was estimated in 16.5%. Four women out of every man suffer from this condition. Men suffer from urgency UI three times as much from Stress UI, mainly those who are over 60 years of age. On the other hand, women suffer from Stress UI three times as much from urgency UI, mainly those are over 40 year of age.
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D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000453:epidemiology; D014563:Urodynamics