Table 1 Characteristics of Saudi Arabian women who participated in a survey of PPUI and DASS (N = 813)
Experienced post-partum urinary incontinence | ||||||
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Variable | Level | N | Overall (%) | No (n = 572) (%) | Yes (n = 241) (%) | p-value |
Age (years) | 0.03* | |||||
25–34 | 237 | 29.2 | 31.3 | 24.1 | ||
35–44 | 305 | 37.5 | 38.5 | 35.3 | ||
45–54 | 223 | 27.4 | 24.8 | 33.6 | ||
≥ 55 | 48 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 7.1 | ||
Marital status | 0.52 | |||||
Married | 752 | 92.5 | 93.2 | 90.9 | ||
Divorced | 31 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.6 | ||
Widowed | 30 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.6 | ||
Educational status | 0.37 | |||||
High school | 272 | 33.5 | 33.9 | 32.4 | ||
Bachelor | 476 | 58.5 | 57.3 | 61.4 | ||
Post-bachelor | 65 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 6.2 | ||
Employment | 0.67 | |||||
None | 427 | 52.5 | 52.8 | 51.9 | ||
Health care | 27 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | ||
Education | 233 | 28.7 | 28.0 | 30.3 | ||
Management | 71 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 7.5 | ||
Other | 55 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.9 | ||
BMI (kg/m2) | < 0.01* | |||||
Normal: 18.5–24.9 | 240 | 29.5 | 33.2 | 20.7 | ||
Overweight: 25-29.9 | 296 | 36.4 | 37.6 | 33.6 | ||
Obese: ≥30 | 277 | 34.1 | 29.2 | 45.6 | ||
Number of children | 0.00* | |||||
1–2 | 218 | 26.8 | 29.7 | 19.9 | ||
3–4 | 303 | 37.3 | 37.9 | 35.7 | ||
More than 4 | 292 | 35.9 | 32.3 | 44.4 | ||
Types of delivery | 0.07 | |||||
Vaginal | 521 | 64.1 | 63.5 | 65.6 | ||
Caesarian | 110 | 13.5 | 15.2 | 9.5 | ||
Mixed | 182 | 22.4 | 21.3 | 24.9 | ||
Exercise frequency (# of time/week) | 0.15 | |||||
Never | 417 | 51.3 | 51.0 | 51.9 | ||
1–2 | 358 | 44.0 | 43.4 | 45.6 | ||
3 or More | 38 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 2.5 | ||
Have chronic disease | 0.12 | |||||
Yes | 200 | 24.6 | 23.1 | 28.2 | ||
No | 613 | 75.4 | 76.9 | 71.8 | ||
Type of chronic disease | 0.33 | |||||
No chronic disease | 613 | 75.4 | 76.9 | 71.8 | ||
Diabetes | 55 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 8.7 | ||
Hypertension | 27 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.1 | ||
Other | 118 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 15.4 | ||