Women Urinary Incontinence Prevalence Study (WUIPS)
The goal of this multicenter prospective and prevalence observational study is to punctually investigate and describe prevalence, predictors, quality of life and costs of Urinary Incontinence (UI) among female patients, female caregivers and female personnel in four hospitals in Northern Italy: San Raffaele hospital in Milan, San Raffaele Turro hospital in Milan, Zingonia Policlinico San Marco (BG) and Policlinico San Pietro in Ponte San Pietro (BG).
- EligibilityCriteria: INCLUSION CRITERIA  Female sex Middle age (40-65 years old) Informed consent signed Comprehension of written and spoken Italian language Female outpatients intended for any hospital unit (outpatient clinic, day surgery and day hospital patients included) and every female caregiver respecting the previous inclusion criteria, recruited at the central admission and at the private admission of the four hospitals involved Female workers (healthcare professionals and administrative personnel) of the four hospitals  EXCLUSION CRITERIA  Male sex Young age (< 40 years) and older age (> 65 years) Pregnant women Puerperium women (up to 40 days post-partum) Women who had undergone urinary and gynecology surgery - HealthyVolunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers - Gender: Female - GenderBased: Yes - MinimumAge: 40 Years - MaximumAge: 65 Years - StdAgeList: Adult, Older Adult - StudyPopulation: All female patients, female caregivers, female healthcare professionals and female administrative workers who meet the inclusion criteria will be included. Participants will be enrolled in four centers in Northern Italy which are the reference centers for UniSR: San Raffaele hospital in Milan, San Raffaele Turro hospital in Milan, Zingonia Policlinico San Marco (BG) and Policlinico San Pietro in Ponte San Pietro (BG). - SamplingMethod: Non-Probability Sample