• Dr.B.Raghavendra
• Dr.B.Parimala
• M.Saisudha Reddy
• B.Vineetha
• K.Siddarth

PURPOSE: The objective of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of urinary incontinence in stroke patients and to calculate the severity of urinary incontinence. INTRODUCTION: Urinary incontinence is also called as involuntary micturition (or) leakage of urine that you can’t control. It is most under medical reporting problem that affects the emotional, psychological and social life of the people. It is not always caused by stroke or underlying medical condition like Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease. It is common in elderly people affecting 1 in 20 people under age of 65 years and 1 in 12 people above 75 years of age. METHODS: This Study was Conducted in the Neurology department of Lalitha Super Speciality Hospital, Guntur Andhra Pradesh. A 300 bedded multy specialty tertiary care hospitalfor a period of 6 months from 2020-2021.The procedure of the study was a prospective observationalstudy was conducted in the hospitalized stroke patients. Theinclusion criteria for the study are the patients admitted in the hospital of above 18 years, inpatients who are diagnosed with stroke, patients who are willing to participate in study, urinary incontinent patients with past medical history of ischemicstroke. RESULTS & DISCUSSION: A sample of 150 patients were enrolled into the study. The data was taken from the patient who is admitted in the hospital. In this study the prevalence of urinary incontinence, possible etiologies of urinary incontinence in different types of stroke patients. Out of 150 patients 107(71.33%) patients were males and 43(28.66%) were females. Out of 107 males 42(39.2%) were incontinent on admission and 21(19.6%) were incontinent at the time of discharge. Out of 43 females 21(48.8%) were incontinent on admission and 13(30.2%) were incontinent at thse time of discharge. According to our study females are more prone to urinary incontinence than males. The risk of urinary incontinence raises as the age of patient increases. our study has shown direct proportionality between age and urinary incontinence. There was increased percentage of urinary incontinence in patients with increased age group. CONCLUSION: The current study has shown that there is a clear association between stroke and urinary incontinence. Finally, we concluded that the risk of urinary incontinence is more in females and the patients with recurrent stroke. Thus, the urinary incontinence should be screened in all stroke centers based on the revised urinary incontinence scale (RIUS). Patient counselling was provided to patients such as behavioral interventions include timed voiding, prompted voiding, bladder retraining with urge suppression, pelvic floor muscle training, and compensatory rehabilitation approaches.

Stroke, urinary incontinence, prevalence, student T test, revised urinary incontinence.

"A prospective Observational Study on the prevelance of urinary In continence in hospitalized stroke patients in teritiary care hospital", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no.a376-a411, July-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2207047.pdf

"A prospective Observational Study on the prevelance of urinary In continence in hospitalized stroke patients in teritiary care hospital", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no. ppa376-a411, July-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2207047.pdf