Table 4.
Use of continence pads at night in SUI patients
| Grades of SUI | The methods of protection against UI | Duration of use of continence pads | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| protection at night | hygiene reasons | occasionally | change of underwear | ||||
| yes | no | ||||||
| n | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | (years ± SD) | |
| 1 | 56 | 9 (16.1) | 35 (62.5) | 1 (1.8) | 10 (17.8) | 1 (1.8) | 3.3 ± 2.5 |
| 2 | 68 | 17 (25.0) | 41 (60.3) | - | 9 (13.2) | 1 (1.5) | 6.1 ± 8.5 |
| 3 | 22 | 13 (59.1) | 7 (31.8) | - | 2 (9.1) | 9.1 ± 7.6 | |
| Total | 146 | 39 | 83 | 1 | 21 | 2 | |
| p | 0.004a | 0.09b | |||||
1 patient did not provide information
alevel of significance for the Mann–Whitney U test
blevel of significance for ANOVA rank Kruskal-Wallis test, independent variable severity of SUI