[The relationship between urinary incontinence and eating disorders in female long-distance runners].
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.
Araújo
Maíta Poli de
MP
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
Oliveira
Emerson de
Ed
Zucchi
Eliana V Monteiro
EV
Trevisani
Virginia Fernandes Moça
VF
Girão
Manoel João Batista Castello
MJ
Sartori
Marair Gracio Ferreira
MG
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