Urinary incontinence more than 15 years after premenopausal risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy: a multicentre cross-sectional study

Lara Terra, Bernadette A M Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Maarten J Beekman, Ellen Engelhardt, Marian J E Mourits, Helena C van Doorn, Joanna A de Hullu, Constantijne H Mom, Brigitte F M Slangen, Katja N Gaarenstroom, Marc van Beurden, Jeanine E Roeters Van Lennep, Eleonora B L van Dorst, Lizet E van der Kolk, J Margriet Collée, Marijke R Wevers, Margreet G E M Ausems, Klaartje van Engelen, Irma van de Beek, Lieke P V BergerChristi J van Asperen, Encarna B Gomez Garcia, Angela H E M Maas, Maartje J Hooning, Anneke B Steensma, Flora E van Leeuwen*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To study the impact of premenopausal risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO), compared with postmenopausal RRSO, on urinary incontinence (UI) ≥10 years later.

DESIGN: Cross-sectional study, nested in a nationwide cohort.

SETTING: Multicentre in the Netherlands.

POPULATION: 750 women (68% BRCA1/2 pathogenic variant carriers) who underwent either premenopausal RRSO (≤45 years, n = 496) or postmenopausal RRSO (≥54 years, n = 254). All participants were ≥55 years at the time of the study.

METHODS: Urinary incontinence was assessed by the urinary distress inventory-6 (UDI-6); a score ≥33.3 indicated symptomatic UI. The incontinence impact questionnaire short form (IIQ-SF) was used to assess the impact on women's health-related quality of life (HR-QoL). Differences between groups were analysed using regression analyses adjusting for current age and other confounders.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Differences in UDI-6 scores and IIQ-SF scores between women with a premenopausal and a postmenopausal RRSO.

RESULTS: Women in the premenopausal RRSO group had slightly higher UDI-6 scores compared with women in the postmenopausal RRSO group (P = 0.053), and their risk of symptomatic UI was non-significantly increased (odds ratio [OR] 2.1, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 0.93-4.78). A premenopausal RRSO was associated with a higher risk of stress UI (OR 3.5, 95% CI 1.2-10.0) but not with urge UI. The proportions of women with a significant impact of UI on HR-QoL were similar in the premenopausal and postmenopausal RRSO groups (10.4% and 13.0%, respectively; P = 0.46).

CONCLUSIONS: More than 15 years after premenopausal RRSO, there were no significant differences in overall symptomatic UI between women with a premenopausal and those with a postmenopausal RRSO.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)99-108
Number of pages10
JournalBJOG - An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Volume131
Issue number1
Early online date2 Jul 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2024

Keywords

  • BRCA pathogenic variant carriers
  • health-related quality of life
  • menopause
  • premenopausal RRSO
  • preventive bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
  • stress incontinence
  • urge incontinence

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