[Prevalence of urinary and anal incontinence in women from metropolitan area of Guadalajara].
BACKGROUND
Female urinary and anal incontinence are common entities in pelvic floor dysfunction. The most frequently age affected range from 45 to 69 years. Previous studies performed in the United States report a prevalence of 24-62% for urinary incontinence and 3-60% for anal incontinence.


OBJECTIVE
To determine the prevalence of these disorders in the Guadalajara metropolitan area because we do not know it.


METHODS
A transversal and various stage study was performed recollecting blocks first, then houses, finally interviewing women and applying a structured questionnaire with somatometric and social-demographic data and also clinical-pathological antecedents. The data obtained was registered and processed first manually then using Excel and Epi-Info software.


RESULTS
The group of women interviewed (n = 352) were between 15-85 years. The majority were married, housewives, 33% with grammar school, 23% finished high school, 25% professionists and 19% did not finish school; with an average of three pregnancies and with a body mass index (BMI) positive for overweight and obesity. The prevalence for urinary incontinence was 27.8% and anal incontinence of 3.4%. These are results compatible with those reported in the United States.


CONCLUSIONS
Women living in Guadalajara have the same behavior that European and American women about prevalence of urinary incontinence. We recommend the performance of this type of studies in other states of this country in order to enrich the present information.
Martínez Espinoza
Claudia Josefina
CJ
Programa de Especialidad en Uroginecología y Reconstrucción del Piso Pélvico del Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde, Jalisco, México.
Flores Carreras
Oscar
O
García de Alba García
Javier E
JE
Velázquez Castellanos
Patricia Inés
PI
González Ruiz
María Isabel
MI
Márquez Allegre
René
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology*