1Junior Lecturer, SBB Physiotherapy College, V.S. Hospital Campus, Ahmedabad
2Associate Professor, Obst. and Gynec. Dept Sheth V.S. General Hospital and Sheth Chinai Maternity Hospital, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, AMCMET, Ahmedabad
3Principal, School of Physiotherapy, R K University, Rajkot
4Principal, SBB College of Physiotherapy, V.S. Hospital Campus, Ahmedabad
Online published on 5 January, 2015.
Urinary incontinence is highly prevalent in females than males and still there is under reporting of it due to lack of education and awareness. Many studies have proven that mild to moderate degree of urinary incontinence can be cured by physiotherapy. But because of under reporting we fail to help incontinent females. Females use to take it for granted and compromise their quality of life by avoiding aending social functions, travelling and other out door activities. Because of this they feel frustrated and depressed and so the aim of this study is to find out whether severity of urinary incontinence is correlated with quality of life.
Total 33 females with stress urinary incontinence were asked to fill up two questionnaires: 1) Severity index and 2) Incontinence impact questionnaire short form 7 (IIQ-SF 7). The total scores of these two scales were calculated and correlated using spearman's test.
The r value= 0.574 with p=0.0005 showing highly significant moderate positive correlation between these two scales.
The severity of urinary incontinence is significantly correlated with quality of life of female with stress urinary incontinence. As the severity increases the quality of life decreases and vice versa.
Stress urinary incontinence, severity, quality of life
