Table 2.
Prevalence of incontinence before pregnancy and after different modes of delivery 6 months post partum.
| Before pregnancy (n = 99) |
Spontaneous delivery (n = 61) |
Vacuum extraction (n = 19) |
Cesarean section (n = 19) |
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| prevalence | prevalence | p-value* | prevalence | p-value* | prevalence | p-value* | |
| SUI | 3 (3.0%) | 14 (23.0%) | 0.002 | 7 (36.8%) | 0.001 | 0 (0%) | 1.00 |
| OAB | 2 (2.0%) | 7 (11.5%) | 0.30 | 1 (5.2%) | 1.00 | 1 (5.2%) | 1.00 |
| Anal inc. | 13 (13.1%) | 22 (36.1%) | 0.0016 | 8 (42.1%) | 0.007 | 4 (21.1%) | 0.58 |
SUI - Stress Urinary Incontinence, OAB - Overactive Bladder, * χ2 test, comparison against prevalence before pregnancy; bold numbers: significant difference with p < .05