Objectives of the study

Year

Place/sample/the gestational age

To compare the quality of life of pregnant women without urinary symptoms to those with urinary symptoms, and identify factors that can affect the quality of life during this phase of a woman’s life.

2014

Place: Recife/PE-Brazil.

Sample: 40 pregnant women

24ª - 28ª/34ª - 36ª weeks

To validate two measure instruments, UDI-6 and IIQ-7, for the study of urinary incontinence and its impact on quality of life of pregnant women.

2011

Place: Barcelona

Sample: 181 pregnant women

34 weeks (Median)

To assess the impact of pregnancy and childbirth in the onset of SIU and EUI and its association with social and hygienic discomfort.

2008

Place: Rio de Janeiro/RJ-Brazil

Sample: 120 pregnant women

>26 weeks

To explain the pathophysiology that leads SUI in pregnant women and the prevalence and treatment of SUI during pregnancy.

2013

Place: Thailand

Sample: 28 complete texts

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To determine the prevalence of urinary incontinence in women attending the National Institute of Perinatology Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes and assess the type, severity and frequency of involuntary loss of urine.

2011

Place : Mexico

Sample: 620 pregnant women

Among 6 and 40 weeks

To evaluate the prevalence and development of urinary incontinence in nulliparous pregnant women, both subjectively and objectively, and investigate incontinence relationship with mobility ureterovesical junction measured by perineal ultrasound.

2001

Place: The Netherlands

Sample: 144 pregnant women

Among 2 and 38 weeks

To evaluate the prevalence and risk factors for urinary incontinence in healthy pregnant women.

2010

Place: São José do Rio Preto-Brazil

Sample: 500 pregnant women

Any week

To identify risk factors for the development of the EUI in pregnant women.

2014

Place: Thailand

Sample: 13 articles

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To determine the prevalence of UI during pregnancy and if there are differences between the characteristics of incontinence and women affected during the first and third trimesters of pregnancy.

2014

Place: Spain

Sample: 224 pregnant women

Until 28 semanas

To analyze the strength of the pelvic floor muscles (SOFM), urinary continence and quality of life associated with urinary incontinence (UI) in women in the first trimester of pregnancy.

2014

Place: Guarulhos/SP-Brazil

Sample: 500 pregnant women

<13 weeks

To investigate the occurrence of urinary incontinence (UI) in pregnant women, and the relationship with sociodemographic variables and quality of life.

2013

Place: SP, PR, RS-Brasil

Sample: 495 pregnant women

Immediately post partum

To describe the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) in the third trimester and determine which variables are associated with UI in this period.

2013

Place: Florianópolis-Brazil

Sample: 242 pregnant women

Near to giving birth

To investigate the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) in a multi-ethnic population of pregnant women and analyze possible associations of known risk factors for UI in such a population.

2012

Place: Norway

Sample: 722 pregnant women.

28 weeks

To identify and investigate the prevalence of UI during pregnancy and the related risk factors and to assess its impact on quality of life.

2010

Place: Ankara

Sample: 393 pregnant women

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To determine the prevalence and severity of urinary incontinence during pregnancy in Zaria, Nigeria.

2010

Place: Nigeria

Sample: 204 pregnant women

Any week

To discover the prevalence of various urological symptoms in pregnant women, the status before pregnancy and their perception of impact.

2009

Place: India

Sample: 240 pregnant women

Any week

To describe the incidence of urinary incontinence (UI) during pregnancy and the postpartum period and to identify potential contributing factors.

2001

Place: USA

Sample: 50 pregnant women

Post partum