title: A 20-year study of persistence of lower urinary tract symptoms and urinary incontinence in young women treated in childhood.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether urinary incontinence (UI) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) persist over years, patients treated for UI and LUTS in childhood were re-evaluated in adulthood.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-seven women (cases) treated in childhood for daytime UI/LUTS (group A) and nocturnal enuresis (group B) self-completed (average age: 24.89 ± 3.5 years) the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire for Female with LUTS (ICIQ-FLUTS). ICIQ-FLUTS was self-administered to 111 healthy women (average age: 23 ± 5.1 years) from a nursing school as a control group. Data obtained from ICIQ-FLUTS and quality of life (QoL) score (0-10) were compared (Fisher's exact test) between patients and controls, and between group A (n = 28) and group B (n = 19).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prevalence of LUTS was higher in patients than in controls. The difference between patients and controls was statistically significant (p = 0.0001) for UI (34% vs. 7%) and feeling of incomplete bladder emptying (49% vs. 28%). QoL score was >5 in 59% of patients and 1% of controls (p = 0.0001). No significant differences were found between groups A and B.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  UI and LUTS are confirmed in young women who suffered for the same condition in childhood. Longitudinal studies are needed to assess if these symptoms persist or are newly onset.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petrangeli
authors.affiliation: Urology, Robotic Surgery and Urodynamic Unit, Department of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesú, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: mluisa.capitanucci@opbg.net.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Capitanucci
authors.affiliation: Urology, Robotic Surgery and Urodynamic Unit, Department of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesú, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marciano
authors.affiliation: Urology, Robotic Surgery and Urodynamic Unit, Department of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesú, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mosiello
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alvaro
authors.affiliation: Urology, Robotic Surgery and Urodynamic Unit, Department of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesú, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaccara
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Finazzi-Agro
authors.affiliation: Urology, Robotic Surgery and Urodynamic Unit, Department of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesú, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Gennaro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D059411:Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D019529:Sexuality / Q000502:physiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014563:Urodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Lower urinary tract dysfunction; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Urinary incontinence