THE EFFECT OF URINARY INCONTINENCE ON WOMEN QUALITY OF LIFE

Magda Yousef Dawoud Soliman;

Abstract


Urinary incontinence is one of the greatest problems that affect about third of adult women's quality of life. It also affects the confidence, self respect, personal relationships in negative way, increase dependence on caregivers and restrict activities of daily life. Urinary incontinence is a basic nursing care issue. So, nurses must be more creative and inventive, in developing new approaches to prevent and manage urinary incontinence.
The quality of life for urinary incontinence women are affected in some way from the time of diagnosis and have many factors that affect their social, psychological, physical, and spiritual status.
Aim: This study aims to assess the effect of urinary incontinence onwomen quality oflife in.
Methods: A descriptive study is conductedat the urology outpatients and inpatients, departments (maternity hospital) andEl Demerdash Hospital which are affiliated to Ain ShamsUniversity.
Sample: A purposive sample of 140 womenwith urinary incontinence was recruited for the conduction of this study fromthe above mentioned setting.
Tools:(1) Women, interviewingquestionnaire sheet is used to assess the socio-demographicdata of the studied women, and the factors which affect quality oflife for them: physical, social, psychological and spiritual.(2) Women medical record is used to identify past and presenthistory,(3) Quality of life assessment sheet.
Results: The urinary incontinence affect on women QOL in negative way.Moreover, there are statistically significant relations between the factors which affect theirQOL as regards: age, education, knowledge incontinent type, duration, pain, income and incontinence.
Conclusion:Urinary incontinence afect on women's quality of life.There ismany factors which afect on quality of life in womenwith urinary incontinence including: physical, psychological, socialand spiritual factors. Moreover, significant relations are found between these factors and women' characteristics (age, knowledge, educational level, income), added to pain severity, incontinence type, and complications.
Recommendations: An educational program should be held periodicallyfor such groups of women with urinary incontinence, further studies areneeded to focus on other factors affecting on quality of life inwomen with urinary incontinence.
Key words: urinary incontinence, factors which affect quality of life, adult women, women.


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Title THE EFFECT OF URINARY INCONTINENCE ON WOMEN QUALITY OF LIFE
Other Titles تأثير مرض السلس البولى على جودةالحياة لدى السيدات
Authors Magda Yousef Dawoud Soliman
Issue Date 2014

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