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Ribera-Torres, LAuthorCastelo-Branco, CAuthorAngles-Acedo, SCorresponding Author

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April 5, 2022
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Impact of Urinary Incontinence on Women's Sexuality

Publicated to: Clinical And Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology. 49 (2): 049- - 2022-02-01 49(2), DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog4902049

Authors:

Escura Sancho, Silvia; Ribera-Torres, Laura; Castelo-Branco, Camil; Angles-Acedo, Sonia
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Affiliations

Inst Invest Biomed August Pi & Sunyer IDIBAP, Barcelona 08036, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, Hosp Clin Barcelona, ICGON, Pelv Floor Unit,Working Grp Clin Sexol, Barcelona 08036, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, Surg & Medicosurg Specialties Dept, Barcelona 08007, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Objective: Globally, the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) in women is estimated to be in the range of 25% to 45%. Different types of UI exist, being the most frequent ones stress UI, urgency UI and mixed UI. Being affected by UI is associated with a higher risk of sexual inactivity, regardless of its type. Mechanism: It is estimated that 5-38% patients with UI are sexually inactive due to UI, whereas 25-38% sexually active women would restrict their sexual activity due to UI. The prevalence of sexual dysfunction within sexually active women with UI is 23-56%. Findings in Brief: In patients with UI, the most frequent sexual dysfunctions are dyspareunia (44%), female sexual interest/arousal disorder (34%) and orgasmic disorder (11%). Therefore, UI has a negative impact on the sexual function of sexually active women with UI. Coital incontinence is defined as the complaint of involuntary loss of urine during or after intercourse. UI with penetration represents any complaint of involuntary loss of urine with vaginal stimulation (either with a sexual toy, manually or with penetration). Orgasmic UI refers to any complaint of involuntary loss of urine occurring at orgasm, regardless of the sexual behaviour that has triggered it. Due to the high prevalence of coital UI (50-60%) in the female population and its strongly negative impact on women's sexuality, patients should be specifically asked for coital UI in the gynecologic visits. Conclusions: UI affects between one in four and one in two women and had a negative impact on quality of life. Not only UI has an impact on female sexuality, but also different treatments which are offered to treat it can play a role. The reduction of sexual problems with pelvic floor muscle training in women with stress UI has been proved, being the rate of sexual activity doubled. A significant improvement of the overactive bladder associated to urgency UI and female sexual function has been described after the pharmacological treatment or botulinum toxin. Finally, significant improvement of the sexual function has also been found after midurethral slings for stress UI, as well as for coital UI.
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Keywords

Coital incontinenceCoital urinary incontinenceDysfunctionDyspareuniaFemaleFemale sexual dysfunctionFemale sexualityHumanIntercourseOrgasm disorderPelvic floorPelvic floor muscle trainingQuality of lifeQuality-of-lifeReviewSexual activitySexual arousal disorderSexual behaviorSexual func-tionSexual functionSexual intercourseSexual satisfactionSexualityStress incontinenceStress urinary incontinenceUrgency urinary incontinenceUrinary incontinenceUrinary urgencyUrine incontinence

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, and although the journal is classified in the quartile Q4 (Agencia WoS (JCR)), its regional focus and specialization in Obstetrics & Gynecology, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-05:

  • WoS: 4
  • Scopus: 4
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-05:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 14 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Anglès Acedo, Sònia).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Anglès Acedo, Sònia.

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