PREVALENCE OF URINARY INCONTINENCE AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH OVERWEIGHT AMONG POSTPARTUM PATIENTS

Objective: To determine the prevalence of urinary incontinence among postpartum patients according to different BMI group. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 190 postpartum women. Non-probability convenient sampling was used to collect the data. Numerical data was measured in the form of mean and standard deviation, whereas qualitative data was presented in the form of frequency and percentage. The prevalence of urinary incontinence find out in overweight women were assessed by ICIQ-UI questionnaire Result: Mean age of the subjects was 28.81 ± 5.03years. Out of 190, 26.9% of the women reported urinary incontinence. 5(2.63%) were underweight women, 79 (41.5%) normal, overweight 105 (55.26%) and 1 obese women (0.61%). Association of urinary incontinence with different BMI groups was determined using chi square test. P-value of 0.05or less was considered as significant. Conclusion: Urinary incontinence is a communal problem in overweight women. Urinary incontinence is more as compared of normal and underweight women and the associated factors that are avertible, modifiable and overweight and high BMI may have the greatest impact on the prevalence of urinary incontinence. Keywords: Urinary incontinence, overweight, postpartum