Prevalence and trends of symptomatic pelvic floor disorders in U.S. women.
OBJECTIVE
To estimate the prevalence and trends of these pelvic floor disorders in U.S. women from 2005 to 2010.


METHODS
We used the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey from 2005-2006, 2007-2008, and 2009-2010. A total of 7,924 nonpregnant women (aged 20 years or older) were categorized as having: urinary incontinence (UI)-moderate to severe (3 or higher on a validated UI severity index, range 0-12); fecal incontinence-at least monthly (solid, liquid, or mucus stool); and pelvic organ prolapse-seeing or feeling a bulge. Potential risk factors included age, race and ethnicity, parity, education, poverty income ratio, body mass index ([BMI] less than 25, 25-29, 30 or greater), comorbidity count, and reproductive factors. Using appropriate sampling weights, weighted χ analysis and multivariable logistic regression models with odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were reported.


RESULTS
The weighted prevalence rate of one or more pelvic floor disorders was 25.0% (95% CI 23.6-26.3), including 17.1% (95% CI 15.8-18.4) of women with moderate-to-severe UI, 9.4% (95% CI 8.6-10.2) with fecal incontinence, and 2.9% (95% CI 2.5-3.4) with prolapse. From 2005 to 2010, no significant differences were found in the prevalence rates of any individual disorder or for all disorders combined (P>.05). After adjusting for potential confounders, higher BMI, greater parity, and hysterectomy were associated with higher odds of one or more pelvic floor disorders.


CONCLUSIONS
Although rates of pelvic floor disorders did not change from 2005 to 2010, these conditions remain common, with one fourth of adult U.S. women reporting at least one disorder.


METHODS
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Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Birmingham/Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Birmingham Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and the Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, the School of Public Health, and the Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; and the Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Jennifer M
JM
Wu
Camille P
CP
Vaughan
Patricia S
PS
Goode
David T
DT
Redden
Kathryn L
KL
Burgio
Holly E
HE
Richter
Alayne D
AD
Markland
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D059952:Pelvic Floor Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D056887:Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult