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Abstract
The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of stress urinary incontinence during pregnancy and associated risk factors.
Methods: a cross sectional study of 498 women half of them in the first trimester and the other in the third trimester.
Results: the prevalence of stress urinary incontinence was 12.4% in the first trimester and increased to 20.4% in the third trimester.
Previous history of incontinence during childhood, number of deliveries and method of delivery are the risk factors to develop stress urinary incontinence.
Conclusion and Recommendations: The most common type of UI in pregnant women is SUI. According to the results obtained, the prevalence of SUI in our population of pregnant women was 12.4 to 20.5%, which means that more than a fifth of the population of pregnant women is affected, and that this disorder is more common during the third trimester of pregnancy than during the first trimester.