Health-promoting lifestyles and influencing factors among pregnant women with urinary incontinence: a multicentre cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Lifestyle modification is an important part of non-surgical treatment for urinary incontinence (UI) and is strongly recommended. This study aims to explore the status and influencing factors of health-promoting lifestyle among pregnant women with UI.

Design

A multicentre cross-sectional study.

Setting

This study was conducted in obstetric clinics of three tertiary-level A hospitals in Zhejiang Province, mainland China.

Participants

A total of 519 pregnant women with UI were enrolled in this study from May 2023 to August 2023.

Outcome measures

Lifestyle Profile Scale for Gravidas with Urinary Incontinence (LPG-UI) was used to assess health-promoting lifestyle status. Multivariate stepwise linear regression analysis was performed to identify sign

SUBMITTER: Mao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11749198 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature