Journal of Women's Health Care
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0420
ISSN: 2167-0420
MZain AZ
Malaysia
Review Article
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Urinary Incontinence and its Impact on the
Quality of Life and Treatment Seeking Behavior among Malaysian Women: A
Review
Author(s): Dhillon HK, MZain AZ, Quek KF, Singh HJ, Kaur G and Nordin RBDhillon HK, MZain AZ, Quek KF, Singh HJ, Kaur G and Nordin RB
Background: Reports of the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) in women seem to vary widely globally. This paper attempts to review the current literature on urinary UI, its prevalence, risk factors and quality of life (QOL) amongst Malaysian women.
Methods: Scopus and Medline search was made to access the databases. Both basic and advance search for articles on female UI among Asian women were sought. Epidemiology, risk factors, urinary symptoms in Asian females, ICIQ-SF questionnaire, BFLUTS questionnaire, QUID questionnaire, King’s Health Questionnaire, prevalence, and QOL were some of the key words used to retrieve these articles. References related to relevant studies were searched manually. Relevant sources were identified from year 2001 to 2015. Observational studies and review articles were included. A total of 295 local and international publ.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2167-0420.1000337