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Abstract

This evaluation of the impact of behavioral risk factors on the incidence of urinary infections was based on a questionnaire in which 1103 respondents, predominantly women (883), participated. From the statistical processing of the data, it was observed that 598 of the respondents were of normal weight; the rest, more than half, were underweight or overweight (χ2 = 32.46, p < 0.001), with male respondents being predominantly overweight or obese (169 out of a total of 220). Most of the respondents were young (χ2 = 15.45, p < 0.001), under the age of 45 (840). According to the processed data, it was found that respondents in the age group of 26–35 years showed the greatest vulnerability to recurrent urinary infections, while the age group of 18–25 years recorded the highest number of responses related to the rare presence or even absence of episodes of urinary infections. A body weight-related vulnerability was also noted among the respondents; the majority of obese people declared that they face frequent episodes of urinary infections. Regarding diet quality, 210 respondents reported an adherence to an unhealthy diet, 620 to a moderately healthy diet, and 273 to a healthy diet. Of the respondents who adhered to a healthy diet, 223 were women (χ2 = 2.55, p = 0.279). There was a close connection between diet quality and the frequency of urinary infections: from the statistical processing of the data, it was observed that the highest percentage of respondents who rarely (57.14%) or never got urinary infections (29.30%) were among those who adhered to a healthy diet, and the highest percentage of those who declared that they often got urinary infections were among those with increased adherence to an unhealthy diet (χ2 = 13.46, p = 0.036). The results of this study highlight a strong impact of obesity, reduced consumption of fruit and vegetables, and sedentary lifestyle on the risk of recurring urinary infections.

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Title
Incidence of Urinary Infections and Behavioral Risk Factors
Author
Mititelu, Magdalena 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Olteanu, Gabriel 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Sorinel, Marius Neacșu 2 ; Stoicescu, Iuliana 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Dumitrescu, Denisa-Elena 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Gheorghe, Emma 5 ; Tarcea, Monica 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ștefan, Sebastian Busnatu 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Corina-Bianca Ioniță-Mîndrican 8   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Tafuni, Ovidiu 9 ; Belu, Ionela 10 ; Popescu, Antoanela 11   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lupu, Sergiu 12 ; Lupu, Carmen Elena 13   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Clinical Laboratory and Food Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020956 Bucharest, Romania; [email protected] (M.M.); [email protected] (G.O.) 
 Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Bio-Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020945 Bucharest, Romania 
 Department of Chemistry and Quality Control of Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ovidius University of Constanta, 900470 Constanta, Romania; [email protected] 
 Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ovidius University of Constanta, 900470 Constanta, Romania; [email protected] 
 Department of Preclinical Sciences I—Histology, Faculty of Medicine, Ovidius University of Constanta, 900470 Constanta, Romania 
 Department of Community Nutrition and Food Safety, G.E. Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, 540142 Mures, Romania; [email protected] 
 Department of Cardio-Thoracic Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania; [email protected] 
 Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020945 Bucharest, Romania; [email protected] 
 Department of Preventive Medicine, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy from the Republic of Moldova, MD-2004 Chisinau, Moldova; [email protected] 
10  Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200638 Craiova, Romania; [email protected] 
11  Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ovidius University of Constanta, 900470 Constanta, Romania; [email protected] 
12  Department of Navigation and Naval Transport, Faculty of Navigation and Naval Management, Mircea cel Batran Naval Academy, 900218 Constanta, Romania; [email protected] 
13  Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ovidius University of Constanta, 900001 Constanta, Romania; [email protected] 
First page
446
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20726643
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2923939794
Copyright
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.