Women Urinary Incontinence Prevalence Study (WUIPS)

Female Urinary Incontinence in Middle-aged Women in Four Hospitals in Northern Italy: a Multicenter Prevalence Study

The goal of this multicenter prospective and prevalence observational study is to punctually investigate and describe prevalence, predictors, quality of life and costs of Urinary Incontinence (UI) among female patients, female caregivers and female personnel in four hospitals in Northern Italy: San Raffaele hospital in Milan, San Raffaele Turro hospital in Milan, Zingonia Policlinico San Marco (BG) and Policlinico San Pietro in Ponte San Pietro (BG).

EXPECTED RESULTS

The collection of data and information through this study will aim to:

1. Understand the percentage of middle-aged women with UI.
2. Describe the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of women with UI.
3. Identify UI predictors.
4. Describe the quality of life, social impact and costs of women with UI.

INCLUSION CRITERIA

• Female sex
• Middle age (40-65 years old)
• Informed consent signed
• Comprehension of written and spoken Italian language
• Female outpatients intended for any hospital unit (outpatient clinic, day surgery and day hospital patients included) and every female caregiver respecting the previous inclusion criteria, recruited at the central admission and at the private admission of the four hospitals involved
• Female workers (healthcare professionals and administrative personnel) of the four hospitals

EXCLUSION CRITERIA

• Male sex
• Young age (< 40 years) and older age (> 65 years)
• Pregnant women
• Puerperium women (up to 40 days post-partum)
• Women who had undergone urinary and gynecology surgery