ABSTRACT
Urinary Incontinence (UI) in women is a very common disease. Given the shortage of epidemiological and clinical data in our environment, we here provide an update on the status of this disease and its management at the University Clinics of Kinshasa. We conducted a descriptive study in the University Clinics of Kinshasa from January 2015 to December 2016. The annual rate of IU was 1.3% (23/1813 patients). We included 15 cases whose medical files were usable and whose average age was 49.2±20.5 years, ranging between 15 and 98 years. IU affected multiparous women (53.4%), pauciparous women (26.7%), primiparous women (6.7%) and nulliparous women (13.3%) and the median date of onset of IU was 3 months. Urge incontinence affected 33.3% of patients and effort incontinence 13.3%. Among diagnoses associated with UI, the most common were urogenital infections (46.7%), cystocele (20%) and chronic pelvic pain (20%). These patients received antibiotic therapy (60%), anticholinergics drugs (20%), and pelviperineal rehabilitation (20%) as well as surgical treatment. UI is underestimated at the University Clinics of Kinshasa. The most commonly diagnosed IUs are effort and urge incontinence. Patient´s management is based on multidisciplinary approach.
