title: Is urinary incontinence during and after pregnancy related to family history? A web-based survey among postpartum women (motherfit project).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors studied whether family history of urinary incontinence (UI) is associated with pre- and postpartum UI.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 2010, Dutch postpartum women at three months were approached to fill in a Web-based questionnaire on UI and risk factors (body mass index, BMI), parity, pelvic organ prolapse, and family history. Results were analyzed with Chi-square and logistic regression analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  162 (61%) questionnaires were analyzed, 76 (47%) women reported UI before, during and/or after pregnancy, of which 34% also reported a UI family history. Sixteen (19%) out of 84 women without UI reported UI family history (p = 0.05). BMI was associated with prepartum UI (p = 0.035), but the association disappears when adding family history. Women with unknown UI family history had higher risk for postpartum U.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  UI family history is associated with UI during pregnancy. More awareness and research is needed whether adding family history questions on UI in prepartum consultations improves timely prevention.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Albers-Heitner
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bekkers
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moossdorff
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Berghmans
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Verdonk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D010298:Parity; D056887:Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Q000235:genetics*; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000235:genetics*; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D055815:Young Adult