Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence

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Urinary incontinence

Australia

• Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
  • Persistent Incontinence [2018]

• Australian Family Physician
  • Management of urinary incontinence in residential care [2016]

• Australian Journal of General Practice
  • Managing female stress urinary incontinence in a post mesh era: What to do and when to refer [2024]
  • Australian community health practitioners’ knowledge and experience with managing urinary incontinence that begins in childhood [2019]

• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
  • Urinary incontinence

Austria, Germany, Switzerland

• Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
  • Diagnosis and Therapy of Female Urinary Incontinence. Guideline of the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG (S2k-Level, AWMF Registry No. 015/091, January 2022): Part 1 with Recommendations on Diagnostics and Conservative and Medical Treatment [2023]
  • Diagnosis and Therapy of Female Urinary Incontinence. Guideline of the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG (S2k Level, AWMF Registry No. 015/091, January 2022): Part 2 with Recommendations on Interventional/Surgical Therapy of Overactive Bladder, Surgical Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence and Diagnosis and Therapy of Iatrogenic Urogenital Fistula [2023]
  • Interdisciplinary S2e Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women [2013]

Canada

• Alberta Health Services
  • Female Urinary Incontinence Primary Care Pathway

• Canada's Drug Agency
  • Perineal Skin Cleansers for Adults with Urine Incontinence in Long-Term Care or Hospital Settings: A Review of the Clinical Effectiveness and Guidelines [2019]

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Assessment of urinary incontinence in older adults, part 1 [2024]
  • Office management of urinary incontinence among older patients [2010]

• Canadian Urological Association
  • 2024 Canadian Urological Association guideline: Female stress urinary incontinence [2024]

• CMAJ Open
  • Association between chronic conditions and urinary incontinence in females: a cross-sectional study using national survey data [2022]

• Ontario Health
  • Electronic Monitoring Systems to Assess Urinary Incontinence: A Health Technology Assessment [2018]

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Conservative Care of Urinary Incontinence in Women [2020]
  • Guidelines for the Evaluation and Treatment of Recurrent Urinary Incontinence Following Pelvic Floor Surgery [2017]

China

• BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Incidence and risk factors of female urinary incontinence: a 4-year longitudinal study among 24 985 adult women in China [2022]

• BMC Urology
  • Prevalence and associated factors of urinary incontinence in women living in China: a literature review [2020]

• BMJ Open
  • Prevalence of urinary incontinence among nulliparous women and its association with underweight body mass index: a secondary analysis of a nationwide cross-sectional study in China [2025]

• European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
  • The incidence of urinary incontinence in Chinese hypertensive women and the relationship between hypertension and urinary incontinence [2024]

• Journal of Urology
  • Remission and Transition of Female Urinary Incontinence and Its Subtypes and the Impact of Body Mass Index on This Progression: A Nationwide Population-Based 4-Year Longitudinal Study in China [2022]

• Science Bulletin
  • Female urinary incontinence in China after 15 years' efforts: Results from large-scale nationwide surveys [2024]

Denmark

• Danish Health Authority
  • National clinical guideline on urinary incontinence in women [2020]

Europe

• European Association of Urology
  • EAU Guidelines on Assessment and Nonsurgical Management of Urinary Incontinence [2018]
  • EAU Guidelines on Non-neurogenic Female LUTS - Uroweb

• European Menopause and Andropause Society
  • Management of urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women: An EMAS clinical guide [2021]

• Urologia Internationalis
  • Prevalence, Incidence and Obstetric Factors’ Impact on Female Urinary Incontinence in Europe: A Systematic Review [2013]

France

• French Journal of Urology
  • Practice bulletin on the diagnosis of female stress urinary incontinence in France from the Committee of Female Urology (CUROPF) of the French Association of Urology (AFU) [2025]

Gulf Cooperation Council

• European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
  • Prevalence, social impact and help-seeking behaviour among women with urinary incontinence in the Gulf countries: A systematic review [2021]

India

• Indian Journal of Urology
  • The Urological Society of India Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Nonneurogenic Urinary Incontinence in Adults (Executive Summary) [2019]
  • The Urological Society of India survey on urinary incontinence practice patterns among urologists [2018]

International

• Archivos Españoles de Urología
  • Prevalence and Determinants of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Middle-Aged and Older Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2025]

• BJU International
  • Guideline of guidelines: urinary incontinence [2016]

• BMC Geriatrics
  • Prevalence and factors related to urinary incontinence in older adults women worldwide: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies [2021]

• BMC Urology
  • A meta-ethnography to understand the experience of living with urinary incontinence: ‘is it just part and parcel of life?’ [2020]

• Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Association of overweight, obesity and risk of urinary incontinence in middle-aged and older women: a meta epidemiology study [2023]

• International Continence Society
  • International Continence Society white paper on ethical considerations in older adults with urinary incontinence [2022]
  • Assessment of patients with lower urinary tract symptoms where an undiagnosed neurological disease is suspected: A report from an International Continence Society consensus working group [2020]

• International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • Prevalence of urinary incontinence in postpartum women and physiotherapy interventions applied: An integrative review [2025]

• International Urogynecological Association
  • Management of mixed urinary incontinence: IUGA committee opinion [2024]

• International Urogynecology Journal
  • Prevalence of urinary incontinence in female CrossFit athletes: a systematic review with meta-analysis [2023]
  • Elite female athletes' experiences of symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction: A systematic review [2022]
  • Urinary incontinence during pregnancy: prevalence, experience of bother, beliefs, and help-seeking behavior [2021]
  • Prevalence, incidence and bothersomeness of urinary incontinence in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]

• Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction
  • Systematic review of guidelines for urinary incontinence in women [2020]

• New Journal of Urology
  • Current Approaches for the Diagnosis and Conservative Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence – A Guideline of Guidelines [2024]

Ireland

• Ireland's Health Services
  • National Clinical Practice Guideline: Assessment and Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women [2022]

Italy

• Minerva Urology and Nephrology
  • When should we use urodynamic testing? Recommendations of the Italian Society of Urodynamics (SIUD). Part 1 - Female population [2020]

Japan

• Women's Health
  • Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of urinary incontinence in Japanese women: A web-based cross-sectional study [2023]

Kuwait

• Medical Principles and Practice
  • Prevalence and Quality of Life among Overweight and Obese Women with Different Severity and Types of Urinary Incontinence [2024]

New Zealand

• Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • Incidence, Prevalence, and Risk for Urinary Incontinence for People with Dementia in the Community in Aotearoa New Zealand: An interRAI Study [2024]

Poland

• Ginekologia Polska
  • The Urogynecology Section of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians Guideline for the diagnostic assessment of stress urinary incontinence in women [2023]
  • The Urogynecology Section of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians Guideline on the use of urodynamic testing in gynecological practice [2021]

• Przeglad Menopauzalny = Menopause Review
  • Urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women – causes, symptoms, treatment [2019]

Saudi Arabia

• European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences
  • Prevalence of urinary incontinence among women in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study [2023]

• Medicina
  • Prevalence of Stress Urinary Incontinence and Risk Factors among Saudi Females [2023]

Spain

• British Journal of General Practice
  • Association of multimorbidity with higher levels of urinary incontinence: a cross-sectional study of 23 089 individuals aged >=15 years residing in Spain [2020]

Turkey

• BMC Urology
  • Addressing urinary incontinence by gender: a nationwide population-based study in Turkiye [2024]

• Patient preference and adherence
  • Adaptation and validation of the Michigan Incontinence Severity Index in a Turkish population [2016]

United Kingdom

• BMC Family Practice
  • Determinants of referral of women with urinary incontinence to specialist services: a national cohort study using primary care data from the UK [2020]

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Urinary incontinence in neurological disease: assessment and management [2023]
  • Urinary incontinence in women [2021]
  • Urinary incontinence

United States

• American Family Physician
  • Urinary Incontinence in Women: Evaluation and Management [2019]

• American Urological Association
  • The AUA/SUFU Guideline on Adult Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: Diagnosis and Evaluation [2021]

• Journal of Urology
  • Outpatient Evaluation and Management Visits for Urinary Incontinence in Older Women [2019]

• Neurourology and Urodynamics
  • Healthcare resource use and cost burden of urinary incontinence to United States payers [2022]
  • Adherence to professional society guidelines among women with stress or mixed urinary incontinence [2022]
  • The University of Michigan Incontinence Symptom Index (M-ISI): a Clinical Measure for Type, Severity, and Bother related to Urinary Incontinence [2014]

• StatPearls
  • Urinary Incontinence
  • Urge Incontinence

• Women's Preventive Services Initiative
  • Screening for Urinary Incontinence in Women: A Recommendation From the Women's Preventive Services Initiative [2018]

Western countries

• International Urogynecology Journal
  • Prevalence, incidence and bothersomeness of urinary incontinence between 6 weeks and 1 year post-partum: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]

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