2006
DOI: 10.1590/s0080-62342006000100005
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Restrições causadas pela incontinência urinária à vida da mulher

Abstract: Our purpose with this study was to verify the restriction of the urinary incontinence (UI) in a woman's daily life, considering the type of incontinence, and find out how women deal with that. It is a secondary analysis of data taken from a previous study that were obtained using open and closed questions. Interviews were held with 164 incontinent inpatients of gynecological and urological clinics of two hospital schools in the city of Campinas, in the State of São Paulo, with ages ranging from 25 to 85 years.… Show more

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“…These women also had a more negative perception of the impact caused by UI when compared to the other groups (Table 4) which corroborates to the results observed in the literature 6,7,11,13,17,36 . This may be due to the fact that the women suffer from a combination of SUI (urine loss during activities that increase intra-abdominal pressure) and OB symptoms (urgency, urge-incontinence, nocturia and increased frequency).…”
Section: Quality Of Life Among Women With Urinary Incontinencesupporting
confidence: 90%
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“…These women also had a more negative perception of the impact caused by UI when compared to the other groups (Table 4) which corroborates to the results observed in the literature 6,7,11,13,17,36 . This may be due to the fact that the women suffer from a combination of SUI (urine loss during activities that increase intra-abdominal pressure) and OB symptoms (urgency, urge-incontinence, nocturia and increased frequency).…”
Section: Quality Of Life Among Women With Urinary Incontinencesupporting
confidence: 90%
“…Although UI is not part of the physiological aging process, its prevalence has increased among older adults 12,13 . UI is a significant health problem in modern society, and it affects more than 50 million people worldwide, mainly women 12 , at a rate of 2 women for every man 14 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Given that the urinary loss volume in SUI is usually small (droplets), this fact could explain the results of our study since most of the patients had a diagnosis of SUI and MUI. The literature emphasizes that the greater the volume of urine loss, the greater the negative effects on patient' lives 22 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nos Estados Unidos da América, aproximadamente 13 milhões de adultos já vivenciaram algum episódio de IU e, dentre estes, 11 milhões são mulheres, cerca de 85% 9,10 . No Brasil, estudos epidemiológicos sobre a IU ainda são escassos, destacando-se as pesquisas publicadas por pro ssionais médicos, os quais utilizam métodos para o esclarecimento de diagnósticos, procedimentos terapêuticos e cirúrgicos, sendo menos frequentes investigações que abordem a prevalência e incidência da IU 11,12 .…”
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