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Urinary Incontinency in Women in Uyo Metropolis, South-South, Nigeria

European Journal of Sustainable Development

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Title Urinary Incontinency in Women in Uyo Metropolis, South-South, Nigeria
 
Creator Udokang, N. E
Inyang, O. I.
Dick, S. F.
 
Description This study was a cross sectional study which examined urinary incontinence in women within Uyometropolis of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The survey was carried out among women within the agesof 16-75 years. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection and total sample of 254women were selected using simple random sampling univariate association between thedemographic characteristics of the subject. Urinary incontinence was examined using Chi-SquareTest and multiple variate association was tested using multiple logistic regression. Results showedthat Prolong Labour (OR = 3.01, C.I = 1.545 – 6.80, P<0.05), Episiotomy (OR = 1.82, C.I = 1.547-5.001), Vaginal Infection (OR = 3.08, C.I = 1.544-10.899) and High Birth Weight (OR = 2.66, C.I =1.961-7.370) were the factors were significantly associated with urinary incontinency in women.Hence, it could be concluded that prolong labour, episiotomy, vaginal infection and high birthweight babies are significantly related to urinary incontinence in women.Keywords: Urinary-incontinence; Episiotomy; Women; Infection; Labour
 
Publisher European Center of Sustainable Development
 
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Date 2016-02-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ecsdev.org/ojs/index.php/ejsd/article/view/311
 
Source European Journal of Sustainable Development; Vol 5, No 1; 145-152
2239-6101
2239-5938
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ecsdev.org/ojs/index.php/ejsd/article/view/311/308
 
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