Epidemiological Study of Urinary Incontinence in Baghdad City PDF

**Republic of Iraq** **Ministry of Higher Education** **and Scientific Research** **Middle Technical University** **College of Health and Medical Techniques** **An Epidemiological Study of Urinary Incontinence Among a Sample of Adults in Baghdad City** **Submitted by** **Wurood Abdul Razzaq A...

**Republic of Iraq** **Ministry of Higher Education** **and Scientific Research** **Middle Technical University** **College of Health and Medical Techniques** **An Epidemiological Study of Urinary Incontinence Among a Sample of Adults in Baghdad City** **Submitted by** **Wurood Abdul Razzaq Ahmed** **B.Sc. Community Health Techniques/2009** **Supervised by** **Muna Abdul Kadhum Zeidan Amel Mustafa Kamil** **Assist professor Assist professor** **2024 AD 1445 AH** ﷽ ** (نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَاتٍ مَّن نَّشَاءُ ۗ وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِي عِلْمٍ عَلِيمٌ**) سوره يوسف الآية (76) **[Supervisors certification]** We certify that this thesis was prepared under our supervision as a partial requirement for the Degree of Master of Technology in Community Health in the College of Health and Medical Technology/Baghdad. Signature: Signature: Name **Muna Abdul Kadhum Zeidan Name: Amel Mustafa Kamil** **Title: Assistant Professor Title: Assistant Professor** **Date: / /2024 Date: / /2024** **[Linguistic certification]** I certify that I have read this thesis entitled **(An Epidemiological Study of Urinary Incontinence among a Sample of Adults in Baghdad City**) by (**Wurood Abdul Razzaq Ahmed**) and I examined the language of the thesis, and my opinion, it is adequate as a thesis for the Degree of Master of Technology in Community Health. **Signature:** **Name:......................** **Title:........................** **Date: / /2024** In view of the available recommendations, 1 forward this thesis for Debating by the Examining Committee. **Signature:** **Name: Hanaa Naji Abdullah** **Title:** **Head of the Department** **Date: / /2024** ***Acknowledgements*** *First and foremost, thanks go to Allah, the Almighty, for his shower ‎of blessings throughout my research work and for completing the ‎research successfully.‎* *I want to express my sincere gratitude to Assistant ‎Professor Muna Abdul Kadhum Zeidan and Assistant Professor ‎Amel Mustafa Kamil for their Scientific supervision, and continuous ‎support.* *I thank the respective hospital staff and their patients for their cooperation.‎* ***Dedications*** **I Dedicate My Work.** **To My...** Country Iraq Father and My Mother Brothers and My Sisters dear husband, my sons and my daughter Best Friends All Researcher in This Field The researcher Wurood Abdul Razzaq Ahmed 2024 **Abstract** Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common problem. It impacts both men and women and is more common at in advanced age. It is classified in to three classes, these are urge, stress and mixed. The study aimed to conduct an epidemiological study of Urinary ‎incontinence among a sample of patients in Baghdad city hospitals involving the number of cases, identifying ‎the types of UI and the association with demographic characteristics of patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted from1^th^ January to4^th^ April 2024 on a convenient sample of 400 patients with UI from multiple hospitals in Baghdad. Iraq All these patients were subjected to a questionnaire format designed for this ‎purpose through a personal interview to collect the data for the study. The study includes seven domains, sociodemographic characteristics, type ‎of UI, epidemiological characteristics, clinical ‎features, comorbidities diseases, sex-related factors with behavioral characteristics, and anthropometric measures including ‎weight kg and height cm and body mass index kg/m2 Results of the study show that the high ‎percentage of cases was 25.8% belonging to the age group 60-69 years, regarding sex and habitant, it found ‎that 67.2 % of the patients were females and 88.2% of the ‎patients were from urban regions. the highest percentage 74.2% patients were married. Besides ‎90.3%‎ of participants were unskilled. Concerning the type of UI revealed 43.0, 31.3, and 25.7% urge, mixed stress respectively. A highly significant association (P\