Objectives: The prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) in women in Slovakia is about 240 000 cases and has an increasing trend. Only 5 % of them were diagnosed by visiting urology or gynecology outpatient department. The objective of this paper was to find out the level of QoL in women with UI in Slovakia. MethOds: The primary method used for the analysis of QoL was the combined questionnaire consisting of 6 parts: A. Demography (9 items), B. Clinical part (B1-International Consultation on Incontinence (ICIQ-SF): 4 items, B2-characteristics of UI: 23 items), C. Quality of life with dominant numeric scale (13 items), D. Socio-economic part (9 items), E. EQ-5D (5 items), F. Symptoms of disease (9 items). There were 112 patients in the examined group from the160 asked to fill the questionnaire. The average age was 61 years. Results: Present level of QoL was identified as 6,60 on the scale from 1 to 10 (1-the worst,10 -the best), while in the time of the UI diagnosis it was 5,10. QoL was 8,10 in the time without UI and 9,40 in the total optimal state of health. Comparative to the QoL was examined the ability to work (AW), too. Present level of AW was identified as 6,50, while in the time of the BC diagnosis it was 5,50. AW was 8.20 in the time without UI and 9,40 in the total optimal state of health. The impact of treatment on QoL was 7,60 and the disease had impact 7,40 on family QoL. The average income was 465,04 € and the willingness to pay for 1 month of complete health was in average 391,06 € . cOnclusiOns: The disease had a significant impact on patients´s QoL. The treatment of UI had a significant impact on increasing QoL of patients.

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To provide age-and sex-specific health state utilities (HSUs) and examine their associations with overweight/ obesity in the Ghanaian population. METHODS: Data from the World Health Organization's 2008 Study of Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) was used. HSUs were derived, first by mapping EQ-5D-3L profiles to responses from the health state descriptions in SAGE. The UK population norms were applied in the baseline scenario to calculate HSUs. Multilevel linear regressions that utilize the identity link were used to evaluate associations between HSUs and overweight/ obesity. RESULTS: Responses from 3,946 adults aged 18-79 years were analysed. The mean (95 % confidence interval) HSU was 0.661 (95% CI: 0.652, 0.670) for the analytical sample, 0.690 (95% CI: 0.679, 0.702) for men and 0.626 (95% CI: 0.612, 0.640) for women. Mean HSU was significantly higher for overweight respondents compared to those with normal BMI. There was statistically significant negative association between HSUs and being a woman (-0.048; 95% CI: -0.066, -0.029) compared to being a man, women with class I obesity (-0.047; 95% CI: -0.091, -0.002) compared to women with normal BMI, ages 50-79 years compared to 18-29 years and all obesity-related medical conditions. CONCLUSIONS:The study provides HSUs by sex and age in the Ghanaian population. Mean HSU was significantly higher in overweight respondents in the population; and class I obesity (BMI= 30.00 to ≤ 35.00kg/m2) was negatively associated with HSUs in women.

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