[Prevalence of urinary incontinence in hospitalized patients].

The aim of this study is to verify the prevalence of urinary incontinence in hospitalized patients and identify the statistical associations between the figures gathered and some of the patients' demographic and clinical variables. The data were obtained with 77 inpatients of three different units from the University of São Paulo's Hospital Universitário. The results showed a total prevalence of 35% and partial rates of 48%, 37% and 22% in the Surgical, Obstetric and Clinical Units respectively. Significant statistical correlation were observed between the prevalence and dysuria (r = 0.19 and p = 0.046), urinary infections (r = 0.24 and p = 0.019), length of inpatient stay (r = -0.32 and p = 0.002) and gender (males: r = -0.27 and p = 0.008).