Why women leave therapy for stress incontinence

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is the involuntary leakage of urine associated with effort, exertion, sneezing or coughing (Abrams et al, 2002) and is the most common type of incontinence in women (Hampel et al, 2004). In 2005, NHS Greater Glasgow introduced a primary care management of SUI pathway. However, a high percentage of patients failed to complete their therapy.The aim of this study was to explore why some women with SUI dropped out of the pathway.