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Abstract Background: Urinary incontinence (UI) is a highly significant public health issue that is often underestimated due to the stigma and social embarrassment surrounding it.is a common condition in women with implications for their quality of life and with large societal costs. UI is defined by the International Continence Society as ‘the complaint of any involuntary leakage of urine. Aim of the study: Assess knowledge and practice of women regarding urinary incontinence through: Design: A descriptive analytical design was used to conduct this study. Setting: The study was conducted at urinary incontinence outpatient clinic in El-Demerdash hospital, Ain Shams University. Sample: A Purposive sample was used in this study composed of 123 women. Tools of data collection: one tool were used to collect the data, "Structured and interviewing questionnaire sheet ", which include four parts, Part I: socio-demographic characteristics of studied women. Part II: Concerned with past and present women's’ history. Part III: Women’s knowledge regarding urinary incontinence and pelvic floor muscles exercise. Part IV: Women’s reported Practices regarding urinary incontinence. Results: 63.4% of the studied women had poor knowledge level regarding urinary incontinence and pelvic floor exercises. 28.5% of the studied women had satisfactory practices level regarding urinary incontinence and pelvic floor exercises. Conclusion: The result of the study concluded that there were a highly statistically significant relation between studied women’s knowledge level and reported practices level regarding urinary incontinence. Also, there were a highly statistically significant strong positive correlation between the total studied women’s knowledge and practices regarding urinary incontinence. Recommendation: implementation of education programs to improve women’s knowledge, practice about urinary incontinence and pelvic floor muscles exercises.