title: Factors associated with treatment-seeking behavior for postpartum urinary incontinence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the factors associated with treatment-seeking behavior for urinary incontinence (UI) among postpartum women.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cross-sectional study. A total of 142 women with postpartum UI responded a telephone interview between August of 2010 and March of 2011. The association between the treatment-seeking and the predicting variables were measured through odds ratio and 95% confidence interval.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The treatment-seeking percentage was 37.3% and the treatment percentage was 27.5%. The result of multiple logistic regressions indicated that: counseling about UI in pregnancy, postpartum physical exercise, and Spanish nationality predicted 47.8% of the variance in treatment-seeking behavior
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The lack of counseling largely determines the low rates of treatment-seeking among Spanish mothers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nursing counseling during pregnancy can contribute substantially to increasing the number of women treated for postpartum UI.
authors.affiliation: Professor and Doctoral Student, School of Nursing, University of "La Rioja," La Rioja, Spain.
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruiz de Viñaspre Hernández
authors.forename: Concepción
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tomás Aznar
authors.forename: Encarnación
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rubio Aranda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Urinary incontinence; counseling; help-treatment behavior; postpartum