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Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence: Does Race Matter?
Urogynecology (Phila) 2024 May 7
IMPORTANCE: The importance of this study was to examine treatment patterns and surgical complications for stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to describe the treatment of SUI and associated complications in a racially and ethnically diverse population.
STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective cohort study of patients with a new diagnosis of SUI. We identified patients who received treatment with a pessary, pelvic floor physical therapy, or surgery. Surgical complications were abstracted. Logistic regression was used to examine the association between race/ethnicity and treatment, as well as surgical complications.
RESULTS: A total of 67,187 patients with a new diagnosis of SUI were included. The population was predominately Hispanic (47.5%) followed by White, Asian, Black, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native. Comparing no treatment to any treatment, all racial/ethnic groups, except American Indian/Alaska Native, had decreased odds of receiving treatment compared with White women. Hispanic and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander women had increased odds of referral for pelvic floor physical therapy compared with White women. All racial/ethnic groups, except for American Indian/Alaska Native women, had decreased odds of receiving a sling procedure compared with White women. When these racial/ethnic minority groups did receive treatment, it was more likely to be conservative treatment compared with White women. There were no significant differences in individual surgical complications.
CONCLUSIONS: Racial minority women were 20-50% less likely to undergo a sling procedure, commonly posited as the gold standard surgical treatment. Racial minority women were 40-100% more likely to receive conservative management and 20-50% less likely to receive any treatment compared with White women.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to describe the treatment of SUI and associated complications in a racially and ethnically diverse population.
STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective cohort study of patients with a new diagnosis of SUI. We identified patients who received treatment with a pessary, pelvic floor physical therapy, or surgery. Surgical complications were abstracted. Logistic regression was used to examine the association between race/ethnicity and treatment, as well as surgical complications.
RESULTS: A total of 67,187 patients with a new diagnosis of SUI were included. The population was predominately Hispanic (47.5%) followed by White, Asian, Black, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native. Comparing no treatment to any treatment, all racial/ethnic groups, except American Indian/Alaska Native, had decreased odds of receiving treatment compared with White women. Hispanic and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander women had increased odds of referral for pelvic floor physical therapy compared with White women. All racial/ethnic groups, except for American Indian/Alaska Native women, had decreased odds of receiving a sling procedure compared with White women. When these racial/ethnic minority groups did receive treatment, it was more likely to be conservative treatment compared with White women. There were no significant differences in individual surgical complications.
CONCLUSIONS: Racial minority women were 20-50% less likely to undergo a sling procedure, commonly posited as the gold standard surgical treatment. Racial minority women were 40-100% more likely to receive conservative management and 20-50% less likely to receive any treatment compared with White women.
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