title: [The relationship between urinary incontinence and eating disorders in female long-distance runners].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To determine the prevalence of urinary incontinence in female long-distance runners and to compare it with the presence or not of eating disorders. Methods - A total of 37 women have completed the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form (ICIQ-SF) and the short version of the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26). A one-hour pad test was performed to determine urine loss. Mean values of continuous variables were compared using an independent sample t-test or the Mann-Whitney U test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  23 athletes (62.2%) reported urine loss. The mean of the ICIQ-SF was 4.03 +/- 5.06. There was a significant relation between the 1-hour pad test (p=0.02) and eating disorders (p=0.03).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was urinary incontinence in female long-distance runners and a correlation with eating disorders. Coaches should improve their knowledge about this problem and establish cooperation with a multidisciplinary team.
authors.affiliation: Uroginecologia e Cirurgia Vaginal e no ambulatório de Ginecologia do Esporte do Departamento de Ginecologia da Universidade Federal de São Paulo - Escola Paulista de Medicina - UNIFESP/EPM, São Paulo, SP. aja.ops@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Maíta Poli de
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: Emerson de
authors.initials: Ed
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Eliana V Monteiro
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Zucchi
authors.forename: Virginia Fernandes Moça
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Trevisani
authors.forename: Manoel João Batista Castello
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Girão
authors.forename: Marair Gracio Ferreira
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Sartori
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012420:Running; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis