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  • Urology
  • Women's Health
  • Primary Care Medicine

Background:

  • Urinary incontinence (UI) affects many women, yet optimal treatments are often underutilized.
  • Effective behavioral modifications, medications, and therapies exist but are not consistently accessed by patients.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze treatment patterns for UI in primary care.
  • To investigate rates of medication prescriptions and referrals to pelvic floor physical therapy (PFPT) and specialists.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of electronic health records (EHRs) from 2016-2020.
  • Identified adult women with new UI diagnoses in primary care.
  • Examined prescriptions and referrals, using logistic regression to identify associated factors.

Main Results:

  • Only 37.2% of 4,382 women received guideline-concordant care within one year of diagnosis.
  • Referral rates were 20.6% (17.7% to specialists, 3.2% to PFPT); 17.1% received medication for urgency/mixed UI.
  • Women with stress or mixed UI were more likely referred; pandemic diagnosis correlated with lower referral rates.

Conclusions:

  • A significant gap exists in guideline-based care for women diagnosed with UI in primary care.
  • Opportunities for timely and appropriate management of UI are frequently missed.
  • Further research is needed to improve access to UI treatments.