comparing the prevalence of depression in postmenopausal women with and without urinary incontinence

Introduction: urinary incontinence is a common disorder that often affects the elderly. theprevalence of depression in people with urinary incontinence varies from 2040%.objective: this study aimed to investigate and compare the prevalence of depression inpostmenopausal women with and without urinary incontinence.materials and methods: this comparative study with crosssectional design was, conductedon 284 postmenopausal women in two groups of with and without urinary incontinence(controls). after recording their demographic characteristics, they all completed the beckdepression inventoryii (bdiii). chisquare, mannwhitney u test and logistic regressionwere used to assess depression score and severity of depression.results: the mean age of participants was 57.62 ±9.62. the mean score of depression inwomen with urinary incontinence was higher than in the control group (8.85 ±7.35 vs.6.11 ±5.03), and this difference was significant (p=0.001). according to the chisquare test, theprobability of depression in women with urinary incontinence was twofold higher than thatof controls (21.3% vs. 9.86%). using logistic regression and controlling the effects of sociodemographic variables, the odds of depression in women with urinary incontinence were 2.5times higher than the control group (p=0.01).conclusion: depression and urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women are seemed tobe related to each other. it is recommended that depression be screened in postmenopausalwomen with urinary incontinence