Document Type
Article
Department
Family Medicine
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the distribution of lower urinary tract symptoms in adult women and the frequency with which the women consulted a health care provider for their symptoms.
DESIGN: Cross-sectional analytical study.
PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: Community Health Center of Aga Khan University Hospital from November 1st to 30th, 2002.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A trained interviewer administered a structured questionnaire to women patients or attendants aged 18 years and older coming to the center.
RESULTS: Fifty-two percent of the study subjects reported having at least one or more urinary complaints in the past. Stress incontinence was the highest reported complaint (38.4%) followed by burning (34.4%), frequency (26%), painful micturition (20.4%), urge incontinence (18.8 %), incomplete emptying of bladder (14.4%), dribbling (12.4%) and poor stream (8.4%). Forty-three percent of the women with LUTS never consulted a health care provider for their problem.
CONCLUSION: Although the distribution of LUTS among females was found to be high, the patients did not consider it important enough to consult a health care provider. There is a need to create awareness among females regarding LUTS and the need to consult a health care provider for their problems.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
Recommended Citation
Andrades, M.,
Paul, R.,
Ambreen, A.,
Dodani, S.,
Dhanani, R.,
Qidwai, W.
(2004). Distribution of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in adult women. Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 14(3), 132-135.
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