Scale of pregnant women's assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice related to urinary incontinence.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Urinary incontinence (UI) is prevalent during pregnancy and negatively affects quality of life. Despite this, few women seek professional assistance during prenatal care. Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of pregnant women related to UI can contribute to the development and improvement of the quality of interventions performed during this period.

Knowledge, attitude, and practice instruments for urinary incontinence: A psychometric review.

Aims: To analyze the psychometric properties of instruments measure knowledge and/or attitude and/or practice related to urinary incontinence (UI).

Methods: This review was conducted in September 2018 without restrictions regarding language and year of publication.

Data Sources: MEDLINE/PubMed, CINAHL, SCOPUS, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Cochrane, LILACS, and Google.

Women's knowledge, attitude and practice related to urinary incontinence: systematic review.

Introduction: Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) investigations lead to an understanding of what a particular population group knows, thinks and does in relation to a certain subject.

Methods: This systematic review was conducted to identify women's KAP related to urinary incontinence (UI) described in the literature and the measurement/evaluation instruments used. A literature search, up to July 2017, was conducted in PUBMED, SCOPUS and BVS (Virtual Health Library) for articles dealing with women's KAP related to UI that described the validation procedure of any data collection instrument.

Impact of urinary incontinence types on women's quality of life.

Objective: To identify the most frequent type of urinary incontinence in women assisted in two outpatient clinics of urogynecology, and to compare general and specific quality of life among the different types of incontinence measured through validated questionnaires.

Method: Cross-sectional study conducted at the urogynecology outpatient clinic. The following questionnaires were used for quality of life assessment: Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), International Consultation Incontinence Questionnaire Short-Form (ICIQ-SF), King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ), and Pelvic Organ Prolapse Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire (PISQ-12).