Prevalência de incontinência urinária em mulheres nulíparas praticantes de CrossFit®

Abstract

Introduction: Urinary incontinence (UI) affects 200 million people globally, resulting in several negative impacts on women's social, economic and psychological lives, in addition to limiting their participation in physical exercise. Objective: To verify the prevalence of urinary incontinence in nulliparous women practicing CrossFit® in Serra Gaucha. Methodology: Observational, descriptive, quantitative and cross-sectional study, carried out in a CrossFit® gym, with 62 women. An assessment was carried out using a sociodemographic questionnaire composed of personal data such as age, education, BMI, smoking, level of physical activity and time practicing CrossFit® activity, duration and quantity per week of training and whether loses urine during practice, in addition to the ICIQ-SF questionnaire, specific to assess urinary incontinence. Results: The average age was 30.52 ± 5.87 years. Regarding the incidence of urinary loss, 30.6% (N=19) presented loss and 69.4% (N=43) did not. Regarding age versus the appearance of UI, there are 43 athletes without incontinence with an average of 30.93 years and 19 who have UI with an average of 29.58 years, with an impact on quality of life of 1.71 ± 2.916 classified as light. Conclusion: Urinary incontinence was prevalent during the practice of the Crossfit® modality, but not significant for the size of the sample studied. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]