Urinary incontinence developmental trajectories and risk predictors: a prospective study from pregnancy to 4 years after childbirth
One third of women were in persistently high risk group of urinary incontinence after childbirth. UI history before pregnancy, familial predisposition, vaginal birth, older age at first birth, greater pre-pregnancy BMI and living in rural areas were associated with increased risk of persistently high risk incontinence trajectory. Preventive efforts such as weight management before pregnancy and supervised pelvic floor muscle training could be made as early as possible.
Authors
- Pingping Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5091-9387)
- Suwen Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0883-0418)
- Minna Mao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7413-1554)
- Xiaojuan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5617-9180)
- Fang Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5327-764X)
- Rujia Zhao
- Wei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4280-1442)
Institutions
- Zhejiang Lab (CN)
- Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University (CN)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24742-5
- Primary Topic
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00