Educational Program for Multipara Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence

Abstract

Stress urinary incontinence is one of the most frequently observed health problems among multipara women and has a significant impact on physical health, psychological wellbeing and social functioning. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of educational program on multipara women’s knowledge, practice and attitude regarding stress urinary incontinence. Design: Quasi experimental time series design (Pre and posttest) was used. Setting: This study was conducted at komhamada general hospital. Sample: A Purposive sample was used and was about 70 cases. Tools: Tool 1: Interviewing questionnaire. Tool II: Multipara women’s self-care practices regarding stress urinary incontinence. Tool III: Likert attitude scale. Tool IV: Incontinence severity index. Tool V: Follow up card for multipara women with stress urinary incontinence. Results: The study results showed a highly statistically significant improvement regarding their knowledge, practice and attitude post intervention compared to pre intervention regarding stress urinary incontinence P<0.001. There was highly statistically significant relation between total knowledge, total attitude & total self-care practice of multipara women with stress urinary incontinence P<0.05. Conclusion: Implementing educational program for multipara women with stress urinary incontinence had highly statistically significant positive effect on multipara women’s knowledge, attitude and self-care practice. Recommendation: Increase health awareness of multipara women with stress urinary incontinence about the importance of self -care practices.