Association of urinary incontinence and sexual function in women

Objectives To investigate the association between urinary incontinence and female sexual function in a non‐clinical population. Methods A self‐administered questionnaire was distributed to 2159 female employees of two hospitals. Results Of the 883 sexually active participants, pure stress urinary incontinence was reported in 18.3%, pure urge urinary incontinence in 6.8%, mixed urinary incontinence in 15.1% and no urinary incontinence in 59.8%. The prevalence of female sexual difficulty, defined by the Female Sexual Function Index total score ≤26.55, was 52.0%, 56.1%, 54.3% and 42.2%, respectively (P