Assessment and Acquisition of Knowledge Regarding Urinary Tract Infection Among Adult Women in the United States - 06/06/24

Doi : 10.1016/j.urology.2024.05.018

Stephanie Gleicher ^a,^⁎ , Maya Srinath ^a, Elisabeth M. Sebesta ^b, Melissa R. Kaufman ^b, Roger R. Dmochowski ^b, W. Stuart Reynolds ^b
^a The Smith Institute for Urology at Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY
^b Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

^⁎Address correspondence to: Stephanie Gleicher, M.D., M.P.H., Zucker School of Medicine, Urogyn and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Smith Institute for Urology at Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY.Smith Institute for Urology at Northwell HealthNew Hyde ParkNY

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Résumé

Objective

To assess baseline UTI knowledge, interest in health resources, and platform preferences for information acquisition and dissemination.

Materials and Methods

Adult women who had a UTI in the past 12 months were recruited from Researchmatch.org to participate in a web-based quantitative study. Women with recurrent UTI (rUTI) were compared to women with a history of UTI (without rUTI).

Results

Six hundred and eighty-seven women were included in the study of which 27.4% (N = 188) had rUTI. Regarding knowledge, significantly more women without rUTI believe UTIs are caused by lack of cleanliness and that most women suffer from UTIs. Significantly more women with rUTI believe that UTIs are inherited and that getting older is associated with getting more UTIs. Regarding barriers to health information, significantly more women without rUTI feel that information is too complex and language barriers exist. More than 90% of subjects utilize their healthcare provider (HCP) for health information and most prefer office-based HCPs for health information. More than 50% of women with rUTI would like to receive UTI health updates.

Conclusion

Misinformation exists regarding causes, management, and prevention of UTIs. This study identified perceived barriers as well as preferred educational platforms with the hope that this will drive improvements in UTI-related health education.

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Plan

UTI Knowledge Assessment

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

Funding Support: This study was funded by Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Grant VR63981. There was no influence from sponsors, industry, or organizations in study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation of data, manuscript writing, or decision to submit the manuscript for publication.