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Global Incontinence Care Market Size, Trends & Analysis - Forecasts to 2026 By Type of Incontinence (Urinary and Fecal Incontinence), By Products (Adsorbents, Catheters, Incontinence Bags, Anal Irrigation Systems, Clamps and Cleaners, Deodorizers, Urinals, Other Products), By Gender (Female and Male Incontinence), By Application (Protection and Cleansing Control, Security and Leakage Control, Odour Control and Other Applications), By End-User (Hospitals & Clinics, Specialty Centers, Ambulatory Surgical Centers, Home Healthcare and Other End User), By Region (Europe, North America, MEA, Asia Pacific, and CSA); Vendor Landscape, Company Market Share Analysis, End-User Landscape, and Competitor Analysis
Incontinence Care Market Insights
Issues related to bladder and sphincter mechanism or control leads to urinary incontinence. If not addressed, the patient goes through uncontrolled urine leakage. The major underlying reason causing uncontrollable leakage of urine is the unavailability of bathrooms, intoxication, and sneezing, coughing, and extreme anxiety among others.
Advancement of comfortable and customized incontinence care offering quiet solace to the patients, increasing incidence of spinal cord injury, rising prevalence of diabetes, high presence of elderly or geriatric patient population developing pervasiveness of neurological conditions are the major reasons for this market to grow positively.
Incontinence Care Market: By Type of Incontinence
The incontinence care market is explained in two types, namely urinary and fecal incontinence. Leakage of urine from the bladder due to basic pressure applied while coughing or sneezing is more prevalent than the uncontrollable fecal mechanism. Also due to the increasing prevalence of the geriatric population and neurological disorders will affect the growth of the urinary incontinence market segment than the fecal incontinence segment.
Incontinence Care Market: By Products
The incontinence care products are incontinence bags, adsorbents, catheters, clamps, anal irrigation systems, deodorizers, cleaners, urinals, and other products. Catheters are the most preferred and used products to address incontinence issues both in male and female patients. Hence, the market for catheters is dominant and also holds largest share from 2020 to 2026.
Incontinence Care Market: By Patient Gender
Incontinence has affected both male and female patients all across the globe. Due to the high prevalence of urinary bladder related issue with female patients, the market for incontinence care for the female patient population is slightly more than the male patient population in terms of market value data. However, due to the increasing launch of advanced, innovative, and minimally invasive catheters and adsorbents will lead the male patient population segment to be the fastest-growing segment.
Incontinence Care Market: By Application
Security & leakage control, protection & cleansing control, and odour control are the major segments that come under the applications of incontinence products market segment. Based on the analytical studies for the applications, the security & leakage control will be the fastest and largest-growing market during 2020 to 2026.
Incontinence Care Market: By End-User
The consumers of the incontinence care product are hospitals & clinics, specialty centers, ambulatory surgical centers, home healthcare. Considering the rising launch of innovative products for the effortless urine process, the market for home healthcare will be the fastest-growing segment in the market.
Incontinence Care Market: By Region
As per the analysis of top regions considered for the market study, the Asia-Pacific region will be the fastest-growing segment in the forecast period. Owing to high prevalence of geriatric population in various countries like China, India, and Japan, the market for APAC is ought to be on a rise. However, the market for North America will be larger than Europe, APAC, MEA and CSA owing to high awareness of advanced products and treatments to combat incontinence issue in both men and women.
Incontinence Care Market Share and Competitor Analysis
Major companies in the market are Procter & Gamble, Coloplast, Ontex, Essity, Paul Hartmann, Kimberly Clark Corporation, Domtar Corporation, ConvaTec, BD Bard, Wellspect Healthcare, Hollister Incorporated, B. Braun Melsungen AG, Medtronic, Inc., Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget, Torbot Group, Inc., and Unicharm Corporation among others.
Please note: This is not an exhaustive list of companies profiled in the report.
In April 2020, Essity Hygiene and Health AB acquired Novioscan, for enhancing its incontinence care product portfolio. The acquisition happened for marketing a SENS-U a wearable ultrasound device to monitor urine incontinence.
In March 2017, Essity Hygiene and Health AB, won the 7-year infringement case against the First Quality Products, Inc. in the presence of the United States Supreme Court, for their incontinence product namely, TENA.
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The Global Incontinence Care Market has been studied from the year 2017 till 2026. However, the CAGR provided in the report is from the year 2018 to 2026. The research methodology involved three stages: Desk research, Primary research, and Analysis & Output from the entire research process.
The desk research involved a robust background study which meant referring to paid and unpaid databases to understand the market dynamics; mapping contracts from press releases; identifying the key players in the market, studying their product portfolio, competition level, annual reports/SEC filings & investor presentations; and learning the demand and supply side analysis for the Incontinence Care Market.
The primary research activity included telephonic conversations with more than 50 tier 1 industry consultants, distributors, and end-use product manufacturers.
Finally, based on the above thorough research process, an in-depth analysis was carried out considering the following aspects: market attractiveness, current & future market trends, market share analysis, SWOT analysis of the companies and customer analytics.
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