Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Assistant lecturer of community health nursing, faculty of nursing, Zagazig University,(
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Professor of community health nursing, Faculty of nursing, Zagazig University,(
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Professor of community Medicine, Faculty of medicine, Zagazig University,
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Assistant Professor of community health nursing, Faculty of nursing, Zagazig University
Abstract
Background: Urinary incontinence is the involuntary or uncontrolled loss of urine from the
bladder. Stress incontinence is the most common types of urinary incontinence. The aims of
the study: to evaluate the interventional study for controlling of stress urinary incontinence
among elderly women; Research design Quasi- Experimental design was utilized in this
study. Setting: the geriatric social club at Zagazig City. Sample; a purposive sample
composed of 80 elderly women complain from stress urinary incontinence. Tools used in the
present study were; an interview questionnaire sheet which composed of five parts The first
part entails data about socio-demographic characteristics of the elderly women, the second
part composed of questions to collect data about medical, obstetric, and problem of urinary
incontinence history, the third part covered the women's knowledge about urinary
Incontinence problem, the fourth part covered daily living activities and, level of
independence. , and the fifth part deal with the psychological impact of urinary incontinence
on the elderly women, and voiding training record. Results; of the current study revealed that
more than half of elderly women with stress urinary incontinence aged 65 years, with a
statistically significant difference was found between both groups (p- value= 0.001). More
than half of the studied group reported that there were improvement, and nearly all of control
group reported no improvement after the intervention of the health program. Conclusion; the
health education, and training program improve stress urinary incontinence knowledge among
the study group, and more than half of them reported their condition improved post health
education intervention. The study recommended that; provide geriatric, social club, clinic
with necessary education media about urinary incontinence, and implement practice session
for kegel exercise.
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