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Prevalence and risk factors of urinary incontinence in women residing in a tribal area in Maharashtra, India.

J Res Health Sci

September 2013

Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Medical Officer, District Tuberculosis Center Zone-6, Mumbai, India.

Background: To study the prevalence and risk factors of urinary incontinence in tribal women and to assess the treatment seeking behavior of affected women.

Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in Khardi, a tribal village, selected by random sampling, in Thane district, Maharashtra, India during the period October 2010 to January 2011. All women aged 20 years and above were selected for the study except pregnant and lactating women and those with neurological disorders affecting bladder continence.

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