ABSTRACT
Urinary incontinence is often regarded as a problem affecting older, postmenopausal, multiparous women [1]. However, several epidemiological studies have demonstrated that the symptom of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is also common in populations of nulliparous young females [1–10]. Prevalence data vary between 12% and 52% and may be explained by differences in definitions, study design, and populations. Typically, for prevalence studies the percentage tends to drop when the former international continence society (ICS) definition of symptoms being socially and hygienically problematic is used [6,11].
